• Atlantic Ocean beach at Cape Cod National Seashore

    Cape Cod

    National Seashore Massachusetts

Private Properties Guidance

Use Guidelines for Cape Cod National Seashore (1985)

Certificate of Suspension of Condemnation (CSC) application form

Cape Cod National Seashore Land Protection Plan (1985)

Cape Cod National Seashore Zoning Standards, CFR, Title 36, Part 27 (1962)

Did You Know?

directional compass

Coastal waters were the original highways of the Cape. Today’s common but puzzling terms “Lower Cape” and “Upper Cape” (referring to the northern and southern areas of Cape Cod) originated with sailors. Southwesterly winds meant ships heading north were sailing "down-wind" to the Lower Cape.