Nauset Light Beach

Nauset Light Beach is a one-mile-long beach on the east coast of outer Cape Cod in Eastham, Massachusetts. It is part of Cape Cod National Seashore. Historic Nauset Light, which visitors can tour, is just inland from the beach.

Type: Beach
Description: beach in Eastham, Massachusetts, United States
Address: Ocean View Drive, Eastham, MA 02642

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Nauset Light and French Cable Hut.

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. Nauset Light is situated 630 feet northwest of Nauset Light Beach.

French Cable Hut

Historic building

Photo: Marcbela, CC0.

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. French Cable Hut is situated 350 feet west of Nauset Light Beach.

Three Sisters of Nauset

Lighthouse

Photo: ToddC4176, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Three Sisters of Nauset are a trio of historic lighthouses off Cable Road in Eastham, Massachusetts. The original three brick towers fell into the sea due to erosion in 1890 and were replaced with wooden towers on brick foundations in 1892. Three Sisters of Nauset is situated 1,600 feet west of Nauset Light Beach.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include North Eastham and Orleans.

North Eastham

Hamlet

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North Eastham is a census-designated place in the town of Eastham in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2020 census, North Eastham had a population of 2,296. North Eastham is situated 2 miles west of Nauset Light 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 6 miles southwest of Nauset Light Beach.

Nauset Light Beach

Category: landform
Location: Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.85905° or 41° 51′ 33″ north

Longitude

-69.95117° or 69° 57′ 4″ west

Open location code

87HGV25X+JG

OpenStreetMap ID

node 358276710

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=beach

Wikidata ID

Q55624837

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