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The Outer Cape

Experiencing the Outer Cape is akin to stepping into paradise. Be prepared for rustic solitude and silent stretches of sand unless you stay only on Route 6 and don’t get off until you reach Provincetown.

The next two towns are the heart of the Outer Cape. The first is Eastham. Known nationwide for its Salt Pond Visitor Center of the National Seashore Park and also for its Windmill on Route 6 opposite the town hall. It is the oldest Windmill on the Cape and was built in Plymouth in 1680 and moved to its present location in 1793.

The National Seashore Park offers many accessible facilities and services. For those with mobility impairments, Coast Guard Beach offers a submersible beach wheelchair. There is an accessible picnic area and trail at Doane Rock. There are also accessible restrooms.

A must is a glorious sunset from First Encounter Beach on the bayside.

Wellfleet, known for its art galleries, calls to artists to exhibit and offers the visitor an opportunity to perhaps bring home a treasure.

For bird lovers a visit to Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary of the Massachusetts Audubon Society will be a treat. Mayo Beach, on Wellfleet's Harbor, has an accessible ramp and landing to the beach.

Truro, windswept and beautiful, offers unequaled vistas. You can stand atop a dune and see the Atlantic Ocean on one side and Cape Cod Bay on the other.

Truro also offers opportunities for learning, painting, drawing, ceramics, printmaking, fiber, metal, photography and writing for both budding and seasoned artists at the Castle Hill Truro Center for the Arts. For more information cal 508-349-7511.

No trip to Cape Cod is complete without a visit to Provincetown. An almost carnival atmosphere pervades Commerical Street, its main thoroughfare (a tight squeeze and inaccessible to some). Downtown parking is at MacMillan Wharf where you can charter a boat/or buy tickets for fishing or whale watching.

Commemoration of the Pilgrim's true first landing is marked by a 252 foot tower on High Pole Hill, the Pilgrim Monument and Museum. The museum is fully accessible and features dioramas depicting the signing of the Mayflower Compact. At the bottom of the hill on Bradford St. is a bas-relief monument noting the signing of this important, historical document.

Provincetown is a Mecca for the art community and it flourishes in the summer with many artists and writers, the most famous being playwright, Eugene O'Neill.


Photo Top Right: Eastham Windmill
Photo Middle Left: "A view from the National Seashore, Eastham
Photo Middle Left: Accessing Coast Guard Beach, Eastham
Photo Middle Right: Access at Highland Light, Truro
Photo Bottom Left: A wave of a fluke on a whale watching cruise, Provincetown
Photo Bottom Right: "First Encounter" Diorama - Courtesy Pilgrim Monument Museum, Provincetown

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