The View
“Anything-but (!) standard views.”
— Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard & Nantucket: An Explorer's Guide by Kim Grant
It's no exaggeration: the views are breathtaking. Many guests sit on the front deck throughout the day and simply watch the play of the light. They watch the sky change colors, the tide inching up and receding, the trajectory of the sun from dawn to dusk, the birds soaring in and out on gentle currents.
During springtime high tides, the moor floods twice a day with seawater that reflects sand dunes, white cumulus clouds, and rainbow-colored sunsets.
Come summertime, the moors contain an emerald network of rivulets — best explored by an occasional kayaker. From its wide mouth, the moor is also an ideal place for a high tide swim. Depths reach eight feet and the sandy bottom is clear as daylight.
After Labor Day, the vibrant and life-affirming green hues change rapidly, morphing into an amber wave of sea grass.
No matter the season, on a typically quiet night, you can sometimes hear the roar of the Atlantic Ocean waves across the march. You can also hear nothing except pure quietude.
A Hidden Treasure
One particularly fine and remote beach, the sandbar tip of Provincetown known as Long Point, is accessible by walking out across the nearby breakwater (challenging rock to rock steps only done in calm seas). (You can also reach it via a short water taxi across the harbor.) Long Point Lighthouse Beach has warmer water, softer sand, and fewer people than Atlantic beaches or Herring Cove Beach. Furthermore, it has something no other beaches offer: a classic panorama of Provincetown harbor. Long Point also claims Wood End Lighthouse, part of our fabulous view from the Inn at The Moors.