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Cape Co (or simply the Cape) is an arm-shaped peninsula nearly coextensive with Barnstable County, Massachusetts and forming the easternmost portion of the state of Massachusetts, in the Northeastern United States. The Cape's small town character and beachfront brings heavy tourism during the summer months.

Trivia about cape cod

  • Restaurants on this Massachusetts cape include the Impudent Oyster & Aesop's Tables
  • After a rough 66-day voyage, the Mayflower set anchor in Provincetown Harbor off this cape
  • Vineyard Sound separates Martha's Vineyard from the southernmost part of this cape
  • Thoreau wrote that this "is the bared and bended arm of Massachusetts: the shoulder is at Buzzards Bay"
  • In 1620 the Pilgrims first landed in the New World on this peninsula & that's no fish story
  • In the novel, this cape is referred to as "The Italy, so to speak, of Massachusetts"
  • Communities on this cape include Pilgrim Heights & Mayflower Heights
  • In 1620 the Pilgrims dropped anchor in Provincetown Harbor on this cape
  • No big surprise-- this hook-shaped peninsula of Massachusetts was named for the fish caught off its shores
  • This style of home named for a Massachusetts peninsula features a gabled roof & a central chimney
  • The Pilgrims landed at the site of Provincetown on this Mass. cape before founding Plymouth
  • This peninsula gives its name to a cocktail made of vodka, cranberry juice & a slice of lime
  • This peninsula in southeastern Massachusetts is one of the prime tourist destinations in New England
  • This 1 1/2 story wooden cottage style has a central chimney & is covered by a gabled roof
  • In 2008, 2 teens from this Mass. cape went a little buggy & sold jewelry made from dead cicadas
  • Vineyard Sound separates Martha's Vineyard from the southernmost part of this cape
  • This "fishy" peninsula is 1-20 miles wide & has Nantucket Sound directly south

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