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A ROUND CA PE COD
Eastham
Heralded as the gateway to the Cape Cod National
Seashore, Eastham is a tranquil town of fewer than 5,000
year-round residents. With ample access to both the
Atlantic Ocean and Cape Cod Bay, miles of walking and
bike trails through woods, fields and conversation areas,
as well an abundance of freshwater kettle ponds and
tidal rivers and creeks, Eastham is a magnet for nature
lovers. Classic saltbox homes share quiet roads with
newer custom capes, with the commercial part of town
mainly centered on Route 6. The nautically themed Field
of Dreams playground, built with funding from the Eastham
Community Preservation Act, is just behind Town Hall and
features rope climbing, baseball diamonds, basketball and
pickle ball courts, and soccer fields.
Three Sisters Lighthouses In 1836, Eastham residents urged the Boston
Marine Society to recommend to the US Congress to construct three
15-foot-high masonry light towers on their coastline. From the sea, the lights
seemed to resemble women in white dresses and black hats, and thus
the nickname, “The Three Sisters” was born. Coastal erosion caused the
National Lighthouse Board to commission taller wooden towers thirty feet
inland from the original masonry ones (which eventually collapsed into the
Atlantic). The new towers underwent location moves, changes in technology
and ownership, and decommission until they ended up purchased by the
National Park Service and placed in their original orientation on a plot of
land on Cable Road, where you can visit them today.
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