The Highland Lighthouse (also known as Cape Cod Lighthouse) is one of the most famous on Cape Cod – and even included in Cape Cod by Henry David Thoreau in 1865:
“THIS LIGHT-HOUSE, known to mariners as the Cape Cod or Highland Light,
is one of our “primary sea-coast lights,” and is usually the first seen by
those approaching the entrance of Massachusetts Bay from Europe.”
What are some of your favorite lighthouses on Cape Cod?
Although it is difficult to pick our favorite time of day in Provincetown, sunset certainly ranks high on the list! Thanks to our guests who sent us these amazing sunset photos – simply beautiful! Do you have one to share? Send it to us!
During the town’s stay-in-place order, Provincetowners have come together by staying apart while still helping one another. The Soup Kitchen in Provincetown (SKIP), which serves amazing food all winter long, has extended its season to at least April 24 because of COVID-19. Volunteers have been cooking and distributing meals (regular or vegan) in to-go boxes at a drive-thru at the Methodist Church from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
A dragger gets ready to head out to fish, just as the sun rises over Provincetown Harbor.
The first snow of the season falls on dunes at the Cape Cod National Seashore.
Jimmy’s Hideaway is indeed hidden away—it’s down a path off Commercial Street—but the restaurant is ready for the holiday season.
It’s a sign of the times: artist Steve Kennedy’s new sign, which depicts local fishermen and pays tribute to iconic doryman Eddie Ritter, welcomes those coming into Provincetown by way of Commercial Street/Route 6A. The previous sign, which was more than 15 years old and painted by Frank Milby, faded over the years.
There are secret paths in the Cape Cod National Seashore in Provincetown and Truro that may only be stumbled upon by accident.
Nobel Prizing-winning playwright Eugene O’Neill got it right when he said the Provincetown and Truro dunes are “a grand place to be alone and undisturbed.” It’s particularly perfect in the autumn when it’s unusual to run into another person out there.
It’s Bear Week in Provincetown, and these bears are having a ball hanging out at Bayside Betsy’s new waterfront deck with some drinks before heading to other events, such as the Boatslip’s famous Tea Dance.