There are more than 2 ramps in Barnstable, but most of the ramps are "sticker only" once the fish are here, so we'll just stick with the two that are accessible year round. Between these two you should be close enough to where you need to fish, just use whichever is closer.


The first ramp is in the village of Cotuit, this ramp is a fairly recently rebuilt ramp, but the parking is a little tricky, I'll explain though.  There are 2 places you can park, one is along the road up on Putnam Avenue, which if you'll scroll a little to the north of where the map below is centered, you will see. You can park on both sides of Putnam, as long as there isn't a sign telling you otherwise (thankyou Cotuit Kettleers!!) The second place you can park is over by the town dock which you will see by going just a little south on the map below, the street is Oyster Pl Rd. and you can park on the right side, exiting the dock, just before Main St.. There are several spots on the right that are for non resident parking, this is convenient also, in so much as you can drop one person off at the ramp with the boat and have them meet you at the dock, which has a hose for washing down your boat and also has a dumpster and a porta potty.  The ramp itself is shallow and may be too shallow at low tide for anything more than a 20" draft boat, also the shallow angle means you will have to back in farther to get the boat on and off the trailer, usually needing back your vehicle into the water.There is no dock at this ramp, you have to hold or beach your boat. All in all this ramp is quite usable during all but the 2 hours surrounding high tide.  There are several ways to leave the harbor, look at the map, I think you'll get the idea. The channel is well marked stay in it till you are outside, beyond the last set of markers to be safe.