Starlight for a ceiling Catch more movies in open air at the Wellfleet Drive-In, out at the end of the Cape. There's a double feature every night in stereo sound, and such tandems as "Monsters vs. Aliens" and "Fast & Furious." Campers must park in back - the place opened in 1957, after all, when people drove up mostly in cars, even if they had bigger fins than now. And remember: no horns. Route 6, Wellfleet, www.wellfleetcinemas.com.
Land's end Don't want to drive all that way just to see a movie? Then wake up, grab a towel, and head to the Cape Cod National Seashore. Forty miles of beaches stretch from Provincetown to Chatham, with white sand, rolling dunes, and stoic lighthouses along the way. Salt Pond Visitors Center, Route 6 and Nauset Road, Eastham. 508-255-3421. www.nps.gov/caco.
Humble heights At the inland end of Massachusetts, Mount Greylock rises to the commonwealth's highest point. Hike, bike, or drive 3,491 feet above sea level to a summit that can be sun-swept or lost in fog. Look west, into New York, or only as far as the surrounding forest, where black bears, bobcats, warblers, and the red-spotted purple butterfly find homes. New curators hope to reopen the Bascom Lodge, the historic mountaintop building closed for two seasons, later this summer. Visitors center, 30 Rockwell Road, Lanesborough. 413-499-4262. www.mass.gov/dcr/parks/mtGreylock/index.htm.
Two if by river If a simple plunk around the pond is not enough paddling, then head north to the Northern Forest Canoe Trail, an ever-expanding network that connects waterways in the Eastern United States and Canada. The water moves swiftly and sometimes hardly at all, depending on where you are. So pick a piece or two of the 740-mile route that links 22 rivers and 56 lakes and ponds, then float through forest or past urban shores. Northern Forest Canoe Trail, Waitsfield, Vt. 802-496-2285. www.northernforestcanoetrail.org.
