Fort Hill, Eastham

Quest at Fort Hill

Description: self-guided, GPS and compass information scavenger hunt. Distance: 1½ miles Time: approximately 2 hours

Your quest is to discover why Fort Hill is nationally significant. Its designations include Nauset Archeological District National Historic Landmark and Fort Hill Rural Historic District. Additionally, it contains a house listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Why should people care about Fort Hill? What makes it special enough that the National Park Service decided to include it within the protected boundaries of Cape Cod National Seashore? It is your job to find out. Use your GPS to explore the trails and features of the area. The Fort Hill Quest brochure provides clues and questions about each waypoint.

Click here for the Fort Hill Quest brochure and get started!

* Instructions for uploading coordinates:

Copy the entire list below, including the first line that begins with “type…” into a *.txt file using Notepad on Windows or TextEdit on Macs. 

type,ident,lat,long,y_proj,x_proj,
WAYPOINT,1,41.81894595,-69.96460774,4630124,419887,
WAYPOINT,2,41.81933592,-69.96428850,4630167,419914,
WAYPOINT,3,41.81994649,-69.96451439,4630235,419896,
WAYPOINT,4,41.82030266,-69.96714461,4630277,419678,
WAYPOINT,5,41.82157014,-69.96636898,4630417,419744,
WAYPOINT,6,41.82220811,-69.96333219,4630485,419997,
WAYPOINT,7,41.82173747,-69.96253043,4630432,420063,
WAYPOINT,8,41.82139858,-69.96212800,4630394,420096,
WAYPOINT,9,41.81957795,-69.96012609,4630190,420260,
WAYPOINT,10,41.81912987,-69.95985451,4630140,420282,
WAYPOINT,11,41.81816696,-69.96191106,4630035,420110,
WAYPOINT,12,41.81834409,-69.96548969,4630058,419813,
WAYPOINT,13,41.81847684,-69.96576862,4630073,419790,
WAYPOINT,14,41.81874145,-69.96536322,4630102,419824,

Use your manufacturer’s recommended software to upload the points to your
handheld GPS.