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Cape Cod. / 41.68°N 70.2°W / 41.68; -70.2. 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 heavy tourism during the summer months.
The Elizabeth Islands are a chain of over 20 small islands extending southwest from the southern coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts in the United States. [1] They are located at the outer edge of Buzzards Bay, north of Martha's Vineyard, from which they are separated by Vineyard Sound, and constitute the town of Gosnold in Dukes County, Massachusetts.
Here's how the story starts, according to the National Park Service: "In 1920, George Higgins, a Brookline, Massachusetts, businessman, inherited his great grandparents’ home in a remote corner ...
Monomoy Island. Coordinates: 41°35′53″N 69°59′18″W. Map of Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge area. Monomoy Lighthouse is located on Monomoy Island. Monomoy Island is an 8-mile-long (13-kilometre) spit of sand extending southwest from Chatham, Cape Cod off the Massachusetts mainland. Because of shifting sands and water levels, it is ...
Cape Cod and the Islands have at least seven breweries. Try a pint or taste several at once with a flight in Falmouth, Martha's Vineyard, Dennis, Provincetown, Hyannis and Mashpee.
Provincetown (/ ˈ p r ɒ v ɪ n s ˌ t aʊ n /) is a New England town located at the extreme tip of Cape Cod in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, in the United States.A small coastal resort town with a year-round population of 3,664 as of the 2020 United States Census, [3] Provincetown has a summer population as high as 60,000. [4]
Billingsgate Island. Coordinates: 41°52′14.29″N 70°04′07.03″W. Eroding shoreline of Billingsgate Island, about 1910. Billingsgate Island in 1974. Billingsgate Island, also sometimes known as Bellingsgate Island, was an island off Cape Cod in Massachusetts in the United States. Originally settled as a fishing and whaling community as ...
The Cape Cod Canal is an artificial waterway in Massachusetts connecting Cape Cod Bay in the north to Buzzards Bay in the south, and is part of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway. The approximately 7.4-mile-long (11.9 km) canal traverses the neck of land joining Cape Cod to the state's mainland. It mostly follows tidal rivers widened to 480 ...