AROUND CAPE COD
EASTHAM STATS
1651 INCORPORATED
5,772 TOTAL POPULATION
2,860 TOTAL HOUSEHOLDS
$815,000 MEDIAN SALES PRICE *
Eastham
Three Sisters Lighthouses: In 1836, Eastham residents urged the Boston Marine Society to recommend to the U.S. Congress to construct three 15-foot-high masonry light towers on their coastline. From the sea, the lights seemed to resemble women in white dresses and black hats, and thus the nickname “The Three Sisters” was born. Coastal erosion caused the National Lighthouse Board to commission taller wooden towers thirty feet inland from the original masonry ones (which eventually collapsed into the Atlantic). The new towers underwent location moves, changes in technology and ownership, and decommission until they were purchased by the National Park Service and placed in their original orientation on a plot of land on Cable Road, where you can visit them today.
Heralded as the gateway to the Cape Cod National Seashore, Eastham is a tranquil town of fewer than 6,000 year-round residents. With ample access to both the Atlantic Ocean and Cape Cod Bay, miles of walking and bike trails through woods, fields, and conservation areas, and an abundance of freshwater kettle ponds, tidal rivers, and creeks, Eastham is a magnet for nature lovers. Classic saltbox homes share quiet roads with newer custom capes, with the commercial part of town mainly centered on Route 6. The nautically themed
Field of Dreams playground, built with funding from the Eastham Community Preservation Act, is just behind Town Hall and features rope climbing, baseball diamonds, basketball and pickleball courts, and soccer fields. Residents and visitors both relish the proximity of the magnificent Cape Cod National Seashore, which was established by President John F. Kennedy in 1961. This stunning national treasure features cliffs, dunes, and salt marshes. It’s accentuated by Nauset Light and Coast Guard beaches, which dominate Eastham’s Atlantic Ocean shoreline.
89% OWNER OCCUPIED UNITS
96% SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES
First Encounter Beach offers calm, warm water, expansive tidal flats, and a panoramic view of Cape Cod Bay. The site also presents a window into the earliest months of the Pilgrims’ arrival on Cape Cod. With the Mayflower anchored off Provincetown, Captain Myles Standish and a small exploration and hunting party took an open boat, known as a shallop, along the coast of the bay. As they camped here, they were surprised by a group of Nausets, a tribe of the Wampanoag Nation, who were seeking to protect their homeland. Arrows flew and musket shots were fired, but no harm resulted from this tense first encounter.
POINTS OF INTEREST
4% MULTI-FAMILY HOMES
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The 1869 Schoolhouse Museum
• Coast Guard Station
• Red Maple Swamp Trail
• Cape Cod National Seashore
• Eastham Windmill
• Salt Pond Visitor Center
• Captain Penniman House
• Fort Hill Rural Historic District
• Swift-Daley House
• Coast Guard Beach
• Nauset Light
• Three Sisters Lighthouses
Courtesy of U.S. Census, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates for 2023. *Source: CCIMLS Year Over Year Comparison Report, 1.1.25-12.31.25, Single Family Homes Only, Includes Comparable Sales.
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