Cape Cod is a peninsula extending into the Atlantic Ocean from the southeastern corner of Massachusetts, in the northeastern United States. Its historic, maritime character and ample beaches attract h
The outer beach of Cape Cod National Seashore near Wellfleet
The Cape and Islands: Cape Cod (center to top-center), Martha's Vineyard (bottom left), and Nantucket (bottom right)
The dunes on Sandy Neck are part of the barrier beach that helps prevent coastal erosion.
Old Harbor Life Saving Station, in the Cape Cod National Seashore
Provincetown is a town located at the tip of Cape Cod in Massachusetts. A small coastal resort town with a year-round population of 3,664 as of the 2020 United States census, Provincetown has a summer
Cape Cod
…the U.S. As defined by the Cape Cod Commission's enabling legislation, Cape Cod is coextensive with Barnstable County, Massachusetts. It extends from Provincetown in the northeast to Woods Hole in the southwest, and is bordered by Plymouth to the northwest. The Cape is divided into fifteen towns, several of which…
Aerial view of Provincetown
North-eastern view of Provincetown, Mass.
Commercial Street in an 1890s postcard
Town crier of Provincetown, 1909