Cape Cod National Park Visitor Center

One end of the salt pond visitor center is taken up by a large museum dedicated to the history of cape cod.

Cape cod national park visitor center.

The province lands visitor center is located at 171 race point road off route 6 at the northern end of cape cod national seashore in provincetown. Daily may through october 9 am to 5 pm. There are dozens and dozens of artifacts so this is a true museum not simply a glorified exhibit area with information panels as you find in many national park visitor centers. Daily from 9 a m.

Route 6 and nauset road eastham ma 508 255 3421 open. Closed thanksgiving day and christmas day. The great outer beach described by thoreau in the 1800s is protected within the national seashore. Lighthouses cultural landscapes and wild cranberry bogs offer a glimpse of cape cod s past and continuing ways of life.

The park s six beaches typically have lifeguards on duty from late june until labor day. Restrooms at salt pond visitor center in eastham and province lands visitor center in provincetown are open year round. Significanct revenue from the stores and the tour operation is returned to the national seashore to support. Forty miles of pristine sandy beach marshes ponds and uplands support diverse species.

To 4 30 p m year round. In 2020 there will not be lifeguards at head of the meadow or herring cove beaches. In addition eastern national manages the tour operation at highland light.