Head of the Meadow Beach

Head of the Meadow Beach is a protected area in Town of Truro, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Head of the Meadow Beach is situated nearby to the hamlet North Truro, as well as near Pond Village.

Type: Protected area
Description: beach in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States
Also known as: “Head Of The Meadow Beach” and “Head of the Meadow Beaches”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Highland Light and Highland House.

Highland Light

Museum

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The Highland Light is an active lighthouse on the Cape Cod National Seashore in North Truro, Massachusetts. The current tower was erected in 1857, replacing two earlier towers that had been built in 1797 and 1831.

Highland House

Museum

Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Highland House is a historic hotel building, now serving as a museum, located at 6 Highland Light Road within the Cape Cod National Seashore in Truro, Massachusetts.

North Truro Air Force Station

Historic site

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North Truro Air Force Station is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is located 2.2 mi east of North Truro, Massachusetts. North Truro Air Force Station is situated 2 miles southeast of Head of the Meadow Beach.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Truro and Long Point.

Truro

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Truro is a town in Massachusetts on Cape Cod and includes the village of North Truro. Truro has great unspoiled natural beauty and beaches with high sandy cliffs on the ocean side.

Long Point

Locality

Photo: dbking, CC BY 2.0.

Long Point is a spit of land located in Provincetown, Massachusetts, at the extreme tip of Cape Cod, where the peninsula curls back in on itself to form Provincetown Harbor. Long Point is situated 5 miles west of Head of the Meadow Beach.

Head of the Meadow Beach

Categories: beach and recreation area
Location: Town of Truro, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.05298° or 42° 3′ 11″ north

Longitude

-70.0812° or 70° 4′ 52″ west

Elevation

7 feet (2 metres)

Open location code

87JF3W39+5G

OpenStreetMap ID

way 29800913

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=recreation_ground

GeoNames ID

4939193

Wikidata ID

Q49321138

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Head of the Meadow Beach” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Head of the Meadow Beach”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as North Truro and Pond Village.

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