The most striking physical features of Yarmouth are the result of glaciation; the low round hills on the north side of town were created by the leading edge of the glacier as it pushed the land before it. The flat sand terrain of the southern part of the town is the apron of material that was washed out from the glacial ice. Yarmouth is a member of the Dennis - Yarmouth School District and has 5 public schools located in town.

Keeping pace with the growth on Cape Cod is the growth of professional and community music, arts, dance, and theater groups, some of them located in Yarmouth. The community enjoys a variety of recreational programs as well as the towns fifteen public saltwater beaches, five freshwater beaches, and two public golf coarses.

Yarmouth Mass is located in Southeastern Massachusetts, on Cape Cod. Bordered by Cape Cod Bay on the north, Dennis on the east, Nantucket Sound on the south, and Barnstable on the west.