Woods Hole, Massachusetts

About Woods Hole

Woods Hole is a small unincorporated community in southeastern Massachusetts.

Woods Hole holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 2.13 square miles.

📰 Woods Hole News Today

• Meet the Residents of Woods Hole Science Aquarium NOAA Fisheries (.gov) · May 11
• Woods Hole Inn, Massachusetts — Hotel Review Condé Nast Traveler · Jul 30
• WHOI launches the Schiller Center for Reef Solutions Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution · Jul 21
• Charter boat runs aground off Woods Hole with 13 people on board NBC Boston · Jul 17
• Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center: 2025 Annual Report usgs.gov · Jul 27

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Woods Hole Unique

• The only place in America named Woods Hole — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in southeastern Massachusetts, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 6 miles.

📍 Neighborhoods in Woods Hole

Click a neighborhood to see it on the map.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Woods Hole

• Captain Kidd
• Landfall — seafood
• Pie In The Sky (café)
• Quahog Republic Leeside
• Quicks Hole Taqueria
• Water Street Kitchen
• Cafe Swope
• Coffee Obsession (café)
• Landfall Restaurant — seafood
• Shuckers World Famous Raw Bar

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Falmouth Road Race · Attraction
• Woods Hole Historical Museum · Museum
• Falmouth Road Race Starting Line · Attraction
• Woods Hole Aquarium · Aquarium

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Woods Hole

• Garden of Our Lady · Garden reviews ★
• Gifford Cr · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Haley Cr · Nature reserve reviews ★
• MBL Cedar Swamp · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Miles Pond Frontage · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Ransom Road Parcel · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Spohr Public Gardens · Garden reviews ★
• Taft's Playground reviews ★
• Tarpaulin Cove Sanctuary · Nature reserve reviews ★
• WHOI - Rose Garden reviews ★
• Woods Hole Waterfront Park reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Woods Hole

🏘️ Nearby Communities