Coast Guard Beach
Coast Guard Beach is part of the Cape Cod National Seashore in Eastham, Massachusetts. From mid-June to Labor Day, the parking area at this location is closed to all but park staff and visitors who are disabled, and access is provided by shuttle bus from the Little Creek parking area.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Doane Rock and Nauset Light.
Doane Rock
Stone
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Doane Rock is a glacial erratic located in Eastham, Massachusetts on the grounds of the Cape Cod National Seashore. It is the largest exposed boulder on Cape Cod.
Nauset Light
Lighthouse
Photo: JT de Fife, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Nauset Light, officially Nauset Beach Light, is a restored lighthouse on the Cape Cod National Seashore near Eastham, Massachusetts, erected in 1923 using the 1877 tower that was moved here from the Chatham Light.
French Cable Hut
Historic building
The French Cable Hut is a historic building in Cape Cod National Seashore, near the Nauset Beach Light in Eastham, Massachusetts. Built in 1891, the hut formed a linkage point in the transatlantic telegraph cable of the French Cable Company connecting the cable, where it came ashore near the present site to its main station in Orleans.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include North Eastham and Orleans.
North Eastham
Hamlet
North Eastham is a census-designated place in the town of Eastham in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 1,806 at the 2010 census. North Eastham is situated 2½ miles northwest of Coast Guard Beach.
Orleans
Photo: ToddC4176, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Orleans is in Massachusetts on Cape Cod, and includes the villages of East Orleans and South Orleans. With the Rock Harbor sunsets and the Nauset surf, Orleans has the best of both Cape Cod waters.
Namskaket
Hamlet
Namskaket was a Nauset village on or near Namskaket Creek in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, near the modern border between Brewster and Orleans. Native Americans sold the site to English colonists in 1644. It is now a village in Orleans. Namskaket is situated 5 miles southwest of Coast Guard Beach.
Coast Guard Beach
- Type: Beach
- Description: beach in Massachusetts, United States
- Category: landform
- Location: Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.84506° or 41° 50′ 42″ northLongitude
-69.94716° or 69° 56′ 50″ westElevation
10 feet (3 metres)Operator
Cape Cod National SeashoreOpen location code
87HGR3W3+24OpenStreetMap ID
node 8124833092OpenStreetMap feature
natural=beachGeoNames ID
4933457Wikidata ID
Q49320412
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Egyptian Arabic—“Coast Guard Beach” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Coast Guard Beach”
- Egyptian Arabic: “شط خفر السواحل”
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