Cape Cod National Seashore | Back Shore

Peaked Hill Bars Life-Saving Station II (First site). The second Peaked Hill Bars station was built in 1914, roughly on Continue reading →

Cape Cod National Seashore | Back Shore

Peaked Hill Bars Coast Guard Station II (Second site). The second Peaked Hill Bars station was built in 1914, roughly Continue reading →

Cape Cod National Seashore | Back Shore

Peaked Hill Bars Coast Guard Station II (Second site). The boathouse of the Peaked Hill Bars station survived much longer Continue reading →

Cape Cod National Seashore | Back Shore

Peaked Hill Bars Coast Guard Station II (Second site). Scattered metal wreckage near the foundation wall of the main station Continue reading →

Cape Cod National Seashore | Back Shore

Peaked Hill Bars Coast Guard Station II (Second site). The remnants of a wooden tower near the remaining concrete foundation Continue reading →

Cape Cod National Seashore | Herring Cove

Helltown (or Hell Town). The settlement south of Hatches Harbor and north of Lancy’s Harbor (an inlet that no longer Continue reading →

Cape Cod National Seashore | Herring Cove

Nickerson’s Whale and Menhaden Oil Works. Nickerson’s Whale and Menhaden Oil Works was founded and constructed in 1886 by Joshua Continue reading →

Cape Cod National Seashore | Herring Cove

Measured mile, north targets. To permit naval vessels to accurately gauge their speed over a short distance, three pairs of Continue reading →