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Herring Cove Beach
Provincetown · United States
The short version, from the cited sources
A wide curving beach inside the Cape Cod National Seashore at the tip of the Cape, facing west across Cape Cod Bay, which makes it one of the few east-coast beaches where the sun sets over the water.
- Country
- United States (US)
- Region
- North America
- Sand
- Pale grey-gold
- Water
- Calm bay water, gentle surf
- Administrative area
- Massachusetts
- Timezone
- America/New_York
- Source family
- GeoNames
- Source updated
- 2017-05-23
Names in the record
Herring Cove Beach
- New Beach
- Provincetown Beach
Awaiting editorial review
Not yet recorded for this beach
- Access and accessibility
- Facilities and lifeguards
- Seasonality and crowd pattern
- Current hazards and restrictions
- Live weather, tide and water-quality feeds
Source position
42.04788, -70.22030
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Direct provenance
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- GeoNames Gazetteer ExtractGeoNames ↗
Beach features T.BCH and T.BCHS from the dated global dump; supplied as-is by GeoNames.
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