Cape Cod

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peninsula tourist destination

Cape Cod is a hook-shaped peninsula in southeastern Massachusetts known for its sandy beaches, maritime villages, and popular summer tourism.

Aliases (15)

Cape Cod region ×21
Cape Cod peninsula ×9
Cape Cod, Massachusetts ×3
Barnstable County ×1
Cape Cod National Seashore ×1
Cape Cod and Islands ×1
Cape Cod and Islands region ×1
Cape Cod area ×1
Cape Cod beaches ×1
Cape Cod coastline ×1
Cape Cod shoreline ×1
Cape Cod south shore ×1
Cape Cod, Massachusetts, United States ×1
Cape Cod, New England ×1
Mid-Cape region of Cape Cod ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	peninsula → tourist destination →
adjacentTo	Martha's Vineyard → Nantucket →
borders	Atlantic Ocean → Cape Cod Bay → Nantucket Sound →
climate	humid continental climate with strong maritime influence →
connectedBy	Bourne Bridge → Cape Cod Canal → Cape Cod Canal Railroad Bridge → Sagamore Bridge →
country	United States of America →
hasEconomicActivity	fishing → hospitality industry → shellfishing → tourism →
hasHighestPoint	Pine Hill →
hasMajorTown	Barnstable → Chatham → Dennis → Eastham → Falmouth → Harwich → Hyannis → Orleans → Provincetown → Sandwich → Truro → Wellfleet → Yarmouth →
hasProtectedArea	Cape Cod National Seashore →
hasRegion	Lower Cape → Mid Cape → Outer Cape → Upper Cape →
hasShape	hook-shaped →
knownFor	Cape Cod National Seashore → lighthouses → maritime villages → sandy beaches → seafood → summer tourism → whale watching →
locatedIn	Massachusetts → New England → southeastern Massachusetts →
partOf	Barnstable County →
popularSeason	summer →
protectedAreaEstablished	1961 →

Referenced by (234)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Barnstable → Barnstable County, Massachusetts → Barnstable Village → Brewster → Cape Cod Canal ("Cape Cod peninsula") → Cape Cod National Seashore → Centerville ("Cape Cod peninsula") → Chatham → Chatham Lighthouse → Corn Hill Beach → Cotuit → Dennis Village → Dennis, Massachusetts → Dexter Grist Mill → East Dennis → East Harwich → East Harwich ("Cape Cod peninsula") → Eastham → Falmouth, Massachusetts → Great Island → Harwich → Heritage Museums and Gardens → Heritage Plantation of Sandwich → Herring Cove Beach → Highland Light → Hills of Barnstable County, Massachusetts → Lower Cape ("Cape Cod peninsula") → Marconi Beach → Marine Biological Laboratory → Marstons Mills → Marstons Mills ("Cape Cod peninsula") → Mashpee Neck → Mashpee, Massachusetts → Massachusetts Route 130 → Nauset Beach → Nauset Light → New Seabury → North Harwich → Orleans, Massachusetts → Osterville ("Cape Cod peninsula") → Provincetown → Race Point Beach → Sandwich Historic District → Sandwich, Massachusetts → Seabrook → South Dennis ("Cape Cod peninsula") → South Harwich → Teaticket → Town of Bourne → Town of Sandwich → Truro → Wellfleet → Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary → Wellfleet Harbor → West Dennis → West Harwich ("Cape Cod south shore") → Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States → Yarmouth, Massachusetts →	locatedOn
Atwood House Museum → Barnstable Municipal Airport → Cape Cod Community College → Cape Cod Mall → Cape Cod communities → Centerville → Chatham Bars → Chatham Fish Pier → Chatham Historic District → Chatham Railroad Museum → Cummaquid → Head of the Meadow Beach → Highland House Museum → Hoxie House → Hyannis → Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, United States → Hyannisport Club → Kennedy family compound → Marconi Station Site → Marstons Mills → Mashpee Pond → Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe → Massachusetts Military Reservation → Massachusetts Route 6A → Menauhant Beach → Mid-Cape Highway → Monomoscoy Island → Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge → Mukayuhsak Weekuw Wôpanâak Language Immersion Charter School ("Cape Cod region") → Nauset Marsh → Nauset people → Old Silver Beach → Osterville → Pine Hill → Popponesset Bay → Popponesset Island → Province Lands → Provincetown Harbor → Salt Pond Visitor Center → Sandwich Town Hall → Sandwich Village → Shining Sea Bikeway → South Dennis → St. Andrew’s-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church → Stage Harbor → Surf Drive Beach → Truro Highlands Historic District → Wakeby Pond → Waquoit Bay → Wellfleet OysterFest → West Barnstable → West Harwich → Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution → Woods Hole ferry terminal →	locatedIn
Ballston Beach → Barnstable → Cape Cod ("Barnstable County") → Cape Cod Bay shoreline → Hyannis Port Harbor ("Cape Cod coastline") → Lower Cape → Marstons Mills → Monomoscoy Island ("Cape Cod region") → Orleans, Massachusetts ("Cape Cod region") → Outer Cape Cod → Sandwich Boardwalk → Sandwich Harbor → South Dennis → South Harwich → Town Neck Beach → Upper Cape → Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States ("Cape Cod region") →	partOf
Aquinnah ("Cape Cod and Islands region") → Barnstable High School → Falmouth Heights Beach → Harwich → North Harwich → Popponesset Bay → Sandwich, Massachusetts → Seabrook → Shawme Pond → St. Andrew’s-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church → Wôpanâak →	region
Barnstable Municipal Airport ("Cape Cod region") → Massachusetts Route 28 → Massachusetts Route 3 → Mid-Cape Highway → Route 28 (Massachusetts) ("Cape Cod area") →	serves
Buzzards Bay → Cape Cod Bay → Massachusetts Bay → Nantucket Sound →	borderedBy
Bourne Bridge → Cape Cod Canal Railroad Bridge → Route 28 (Massachusetts) → Sagamore Bridge →	connects
Bourne Bridge → Cape Cod Community College → Cape Cod Mall → Sagamore Bridge →	regionServed
Boardwalk Beach → East Harwich ("Cape Cod region") → Mashpee, Massachusetts ("Cape Cod region") →	isPartOf
Seabrook ("Cape Cod region") → South Harwich ("Cape Cod region") → Teaticket ("Cape Cod region") →	locatedInMetropolitanArea
Martha's Vineyard → Nantucket County → Popponesset Island →	locatedOffCoastOf
Atlantic coastal plain → Eastern Massachusetts →	contains
Massachusetts → Massachusetts →	hasRegion
West Chop → West Chop headland →	hasViewOf
Elizabeth Islands → Vineyard Sound →	locatedNear
Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, United States ("Cape Cod region") → Mashpee Neck ("Cape Cod region") →	partOfMetropolitanArea
Massachusetts Route 3 ("Cape Cod region") → U.S. Route 6 →	terminusRegion
John F. Kennedy Hyannis Museum → Sandwich Glass Museum →	touristAttraction
Barnstable ("Cape Cod region") →	airportServes
Cape Cod National Seashore Act ("Cape Cod peninsula") →	appliesTo
Campbell Soup Company →	brand
West Barnstable →	category
Massachusetts Route 3 ("Cape Cod, Massachusetts") →	connectsTo
Massachusetts: A Guide to Its Places and People →	coversLocation
Squanto ("Cape Cod region") →	deathPlace
Upper Cape →	gatewayTo
Massachusett language ("Cape Cod region") →	geographicProximity
Vineyard Sound →	hasAdjacentMainlandArea
Dennis, Massachusetts ("Cape Cod beaches") →	hasAttraction
Dukes County, Massachusetts ("Cape Cod, Massachusetts") →	hasFerryServiceTo
Massachusetts Route 130 ("Cape Cod peninsula") →	hasGeographicFeature
Massachusetts coastline →	hasPart
Stage Harbor ("Cape Cod shoreline") →	hasScenicViewOf
Route 28 (Massachusetts) ("Cape Cod region") →	hasTerminus
U.S. Route 6 ("Cape Cod, Massachusetts") →	historicalEasternTerminus
Wampanoag homelands →	includes
Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe ("Cape Cod region") →	indigenousTo
Wakeby Pond →	isOn
St. Andrew’s-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church →	isOnCape
Chatham →	isOnPeninsula
Hyannis →	isRegionalHubFor
Nauset Light →	isSymbolOf
Cape Cod ("Cape Cod National Seashore") →	knownFor
Mayflower →	landedAt
Barnstable →	largestTownOn
Provincetown Harbor →	locatedAtTipOf
John F. Kennedy Hyannis Museum →	locatedInRegion
Atlantic Ocean proper by Martha's Vineyard →	locatedOffShoreFrom
Shawme Pond →	locatedOnLandform
Hyannis Port Harbor →	location
Of Plymouth Plantation →	locationDescribed
Boston, Cape Cod and New York Canal Company →	namedAfter
Mid-Cape Highway ("Mid-Cape region of Cape Cod") →	namedFor
Nantucket →	near
Henry David Thoreau →	notableWork
Chappaquiddick Island ("Cape Cod region") →	offCoastOf
Barnstable County, Massachusetts ("Cape Cod and Islands") →	partOfRegion
Massachusetts Route 28 ("Cape Cod region") →	passesThrough
Boston, Cape Cod and New York Canal Company →	projectLocation
Route 25 (via Route 28 connection) →	providesAccessTo
Upper Cape →	regionalSubdivisionOf
Edward Hopper ("Cape Cod, Massachusetts, United States") →	residence
Old Colony Railroad ("Cape Cod region") →	servedRegion
Heritage Museums and Gardens →	servesRegion
Mayflower Compact →	signedNear
Wisconsin glaciation →	southernIceMarginApproximate
Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts →	territoryIncludes
Boardwalk Beach →	tourismRegion
Dexter Grist Mill →	touristRegion
Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe →	traditionalTerritory
Pilgrims ("Cape Cod, New England") →	voyageEndLocation
Henry David Thoreau →	wrote