Things To Do

Available Recreation:

The Night Heron is located 2 miles from the National Seashore Beaches, and 1.5 miles from the Bayside Beaches or Ponds. The 10 public Beaches in Eastham charge $10/day for parking. Marsh and river canoeing/kayaking and ocean surfing are all only minutes away as are deep sea fishing, Cape Cod Rail Trail biking, nature trail hiking, prime golfing, and the Audobon Bird Sanctuary at Wellflett Bay. Forty minutes down the road in Provincetown, you can go aboard the greatest whale-watching fleet and explore a real pirates' treasure museum, all in the same day and on the same wharf!

Notable Outer Cape dining can be enjoyed close by in Orleans, Wellfleet, and Provincetown (www.capecodrestaurants.com).

Here at The Night Heron Cottage, we feel a perfect way to begin a Cape day is being at near-by Fort Hill, greeting the sun as it rises up out of the Atlantic, spilling its beauty onto Nauset Marsh before us. At day's end, from First Encounter Beach, one may applaud our friend's fading grandeur as it dramatically sinks, all the while painting pastel colors across the waters and sky of Cape Cod Bay. Not to be missed!

Area Attractions:

• Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary (508-349-2615)
• Kayaking Fun, Yarmouth (508-398-8778)
• Museum of Natural History, Brewster (508-896-3867)
• Rock Harbor Charter Sport Fishing Fleet (800-287-1771)

Check out our Link Sections for more events and attractions in the area.

• Incorporated in 1646
• Only Cape Cod town founded entirely by people from Plymouth Colony.
• Gateway to the National Seashore
• Home to Nauset Marsh where Henry Thoreau wrote his book Cape Cod
• Population: 4,462
• 14 Square Miles
• 44 miles from the Bourne Bridge 
• Asparagus capital of the world in the late 1800's
• Now known for its road beaches and sand dunes

Check out the movie of Coast Guard Beach (4 mb). You need Flash to view it but you probably have it already!