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Cape Cod's Unmissable Treasures

Cape Cod is a historic peninsula in Massachusetts featuring a mix of maritime heritage and natural beauty. The region is home to the 43,607-acre Cape Cod National Seashore, which includes Marconi Beach and several iconic lighthouses like Nauset, Highland, and Race Point. Provincetown marks the site of the Pilgrims' first landfall, commemorated by the granite Pilgrim Monument. The area encompasses the bustling commercial hub of Hyannis alongside the quieter, traditional villages of Truro and Wellfleet, all set against a backdrop of Atlantic dunes and coastal scenery.

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Nauset Light

Nauset Light, officially Nauset Beach Light, is a restored lighthouse on the Cape Cod National Seashore near Eastham, Massachusetts,…

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Pilgrim Monument

The Pilgrim Monument in Provincetown, Massachusetts, was built between 1907 and 1910 to commemorate the first landfall of the Pilgrims in…

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Highland/Cape Cod Light

The Highland Light is an active lighthouse on the Cape Cod National Seashore in North Truro, Massachusetts.

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Chatham Light

Chatham Lighthouse, known as Twin Lights prior to 1923, is a lighthouse in Chatham, Massachusetts, near the "elbow" of Cape Cod.

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Race Point Light

Race Point Light is a historic lighthouse on Cape Cod, in Provincetown, Massachusetts; it is on the National Register of Historic Places.

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Cape Cod National Seashore

The Cape Cod National Seashore encompasses 43,607 acres on Cape Cod, in Massachusetts.

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Marconi Beach

Marconi Beach is part of the Cape Cod National Seashore in Wellfleet, Massachusetts.

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Hyannis

Hyannis is the largest of the seven villages in the town of Barnstable, Massachusetts, in the United States.

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Wellfleet

Wellfleet is a town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, and is located halfway between the "tip" and "elbow" of Cape Cod.

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Truro

Truro is a town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, comprising two villages: Truro and North Truro.

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Cape Cod

Cape Cod is an arm-shaped peninsula extending into the Atlantic Ocean from the southeastern corner of Massachusetts, in the northeastern…

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