Cape Cod National Seashore

     "A man may stand there and put all America behind him" Henry David Thoreau may have visited Cape Cod National Seashore in the 1800s when he wrote these words, but the Cape's charm has not faded with the passage of time. The 40 mile long Outer Beach is dotted with picturesque lighthouses, pine forests, cranberry bogs, and windswept dunes. Seals frolic in the ocean, and colored rocks line the shore. It is not hard to see why Cape Cod is such a beacon for artists and poets. Visit once, and then you'll fully understand Thoreau's famous line.






Eastham Windmill



One of the Three Sisters Lighthouses


Nauset Light


Marconi Beach

A seal's yawn




Head of the Meadow Beach



Peaked Hill Dunes




Euphoria; this shack was visited by writers Edmund Wilson, e.e. Cummings, and Norman Mailer, and artists Peter Blume, Edwin Dickenson, and Claire Leighton. Jack Kerouac also spent time in Euphoria in 1950 and wrote part of his iconic book On The Road there.



Old Harbor Life-Saving Station


Race Point Lighthouse




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