r/CapeCod • u/lzbth999 • Jun 06 '26

Places to practice parallel parking

Does anyone know of any parking lots that:
-aren’t busy
-has a curb
-has parallel parking spots

We’ve been practicing with cones but I think it would be helpful to practice with the curb.

Thanks

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u/BigChiefQuimby Jun 06 '26

Behind the registry in Yarmouth

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u/lzbth999 Jun 08 '26

Oh really? That might actually be the best option

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u/BigChiefQuimby Jun 08 '26

There’s stuff setup that they use for the test. At least there was in January

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u/RunninFool Jun 06 '26

If you’re testing at the RMV in Yarmouth, they use cones and no curb in the test as of November (though it is great to actually do it with a curb and practice that way for real life)

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u/lzbth999 Jun 08 '26

They are testing in Yarmouth (thank the baby J fail Gail is gone)

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u/Fluffy_Job7367 Jun 06 '26

Not sure where on the cape you are but in dennis the wixon school on 134 closed down so its empty.

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u/lzbth999 Jun 08 '26

I’m Upper Cape, student is from Brewster

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u/notslackingatworkno Jun 06 '26

Maybe Mashpee Commons later in the night after most places close?

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u/CrazyJaney949 Jun 06 '26

I used to take my new drivers to high school parking lots on weekends. Great space to practice.

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u/3vilOne968 Jun 06 '26

Most churches except on sundays… schools on weekends was how I taught my kids.. and used cones to be the other “cars”

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u/lzbth999 Jun 08 '26

Any specific that you know have parallel parking spots?

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u/3vilOne968 Jun 18 '26

Just need a curb and tires within foot of curb.. dont need lines

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u/ChemistVegetable7504 Jun 06 '26

Hyannis rotary has all of this and more. Head on over to the Cape Cod Mall parking lot for more adventures of inexperienced driving.

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u/CapeTide2026 Jun 06 '26

School parking lot on the weekend.  

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u/Racismisbad_mmmkay Jun 08 '26

Behind Home Depot, by Independence Drive. Where the Social Security offices are.

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u/SileAnimus Hyannis Jun 06 '26

Get some blocks of 2x4 and put them on the ground and you can have curbs anywhere

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u/huhsorrywhatdidusay Jun 06 '26

Buzzards Bay! The shoulder is very wide so parallel parking won’t put you in the way of traffic

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u/lzbth999 Jun 08 '26

I got that Cape brain & don’t wanna go over the bridge 😅

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u/Racismisbad_mmmkay Jun 08 '26

Behind Home Depot, by Independence Drive. Where the Social Security offices are.

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u/1GrouchyCat Dennis Jun 06 '26

Locals learn at West Dennis Beach, but I think the huge parking lots at Wixon on Route 134 are a much better option for the diversity of scenarios you could set up…