Cape Cod National Seashore

Writing about Cape Cod in the 1800s, Henry David Thoreau said, "A man may stand there and put all America behind him."

Thoreau walked the length of the great Outer Beach. Modern visitors can trace Thoreau's route along 40 miles of pristine, sandy beach protected within Cape Cod National Seashore.

Cape Cod is a large peninsula extending 60 miles into the Atlantic ocean from the coast of Massachusetts. Located on the outer portion of the Cape, Cape Cod National Seashore is 44,600 acres encompass a rich mosaic of marine, estuarine, fresh water, and terrestrial ecosystems. These systems and their associated habitats reflect the Cape is glacial origin, dynamic natural processes, and at least 9,000 years of human activity.