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Cape Cod National Seashore

  • Type: Natural Environ

"A man may stand there and put all America behind him." Henry David Thoreau

The great Outer Beach described by Thoreau in the 1800s is protected within the national seashore. Forty miles of pristine sandy beach, marshes, ponds, and uplands support diverse species. Lighthouses, cultural landscapes, and wild cranberry bogs offer a glimpse of Cape Cod's past and continuing ways of life. Swimming beaches and walking and biking trails beckon today's visitors. - NPS


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Places
Name of Notable Genus AsNotedIn No Address Proximity Area
Name Genus AsNotedIn Address Proximity Area
Ahearn House and Summer House
  • Sight
  • NRHP
Pamet Point Rd Town of Wellfleet
Fort Hill Rural Historic District
  • Sight
  • NRHP
Fort Hill Rd, Cape Cod National Seashore
Marconi Wireless Station Site
  • Sight
  • NRHP
Town of Wellfleet
Penniman, Edward, House and Barn
  • Sight
  • NRHP
Fort Hill Rd and Governor Prence Rd S of Eastham
Race Point Light Station
  • Sight
  • NRHP
Race Point Beach
Samuel Smith Tavern Site
  • Sight
  • NRHP
Great Island Trail
Thomas Atwood House
  • Sight
  • NRHP
NW of Wellfleet on Boundbrook Island

Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1872/11/00 The fruit varies in different plants, not only in color and size, ... some specimens being quite pleasant to the taste, and others harsh and acerb. The plum is highly prized by those who live near the shore for making preserves. - American Agriculturist Wild Beach Plum Preserve

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Places

PlaceAsNotedInType
PlaceAsNotedInType
Highland Golf Course
Highland House
  • NRHP
Highland Light Station
  • NRHP
Jedediah Higgins House
John Newcomb House
  • NRHP
Long Point Light Station
  • NRHP
Provincetown
Truro

Eat and Drink »

FoodTypeAsNotedInDescription
FoodTypeAsNotedInDescription
Wild Beach Plum Preserve Sweets Wild Beach Plum are grown on the beaches of Cape Cod.



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Particulars for Cape Cod National Seashore:
Locale Type Natural Environ



Vicinage »

VicinageTypeAsNotedIn
Province Lands Demesne

Creative Works »

WorkTypeAsNotedInCreatorNote
Cape Cod (Thoreau book) Book Henry David Thoreau Setting
Nature, Inc (Sinclair short story) Short Story Sinclair Lewis He met the professor when the latter pussy-footed into Packard's real-estate office with a preposterous offer for two hundred acres on Cape Cod for the establishment of an enlarged plant of the Nature and Guidance Colony - Inc.

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