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Sandy Neck Beach is a barrier beach (sandstone) that stretches 6.5 miles (10.6 kilometers) long and one half-mile (800 m) wide. [1] along Cape Cod Bay, backed along its entire length by undulating dunes and a picturesque salt marsh. It is a destination for all leisure activities: summer swimming, year-round hiking, and saltwater fishing.
The Cape Cod Canal, completed in 1916, connects Buzzards Bay to Cape Cod Bay; its creation shortened the trade route between New York and Boston by 62 miles (100 km). [ 9 ] Cape Cod extends 65 miles (105 km) into the Atlantic Ocean, with a breadth of between 1–20 miles (1.6–32.2 km), and covers more than 400 miles (640 km) of shoreline. [ 10 ]
The Dennis Beaches, are a series of beaches in Dennis, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod. There are a total of eighteen beaches; sixteen located on the ocean and two located on fresh water ponds. Eight of the ocean beaches, Mayflower, Corporation, Bayview, Howes Street, Chapin Memorial, Cold Storage and Harbor View, are located on the northern (bay ...
We examined water conditions, sunsets, tides, parking, fees, nearby hiking and more, and came up with this list of our favorite beaches on Cape Cod.
Nauset Beach is a public beach on the east coast of outer Cape Cod in Orleans, Massachusetts, which extends south from a point opposite Nauset Bay to the mouth of Chatham Harbor. It is popular with swimmers, surfers, boogie boarders and fishermen. It, at times, offers some of the highest waves on Cape Cod.
The Cape Cod National Seashore (CCNS) encompasses 43,607 acres (68.1 sq mi; 176.5 km 2) [1] on Cape Cod, in Massachusetts. CCNS was created on August 7, 1961, by President John F. Kennedy , [ 3 ] [ 4 ] when he signed a bill enacting the legislation he first co-sponsored as a Senator a few years prior. [ 5 ]
On the Cape, the act's commemoration means free entrance at all six Cape Cod National Seashore beaches on Sunday, August 4, 2024. Usually, entrance fees of $25 are collected for private vehicles ...
Scusset Beach State Reservation is a state-operated, public recreation area located in the town of Sandwich in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, at the east end of the Cape Cod Canal on land formerly part of Sagamore Hill Military Reservation.