Wade right into the Cape Cod surf at dawn
There’s a fun way to beat the crowds of summertime tourists smothering the famous sand-slope Great Beach, the place where Thoreau said a man may stand “and

There’s a fun way to beat the crowds of summertime tourists smothering the famous sand-slope Great Beach, the place where Thoreau said a man may stand “and put all America behind him.”

Rise at 4 a.m. Drive east to the Atlantic Ocean on any of a dozen public-access roads, from Nauset Beach in Orleans north to Race Point in Provincetown. Sip your coffee and look up at the stark grandeur of the lustrous black pre-dawn sky. Inhale the soft, dank sea air as you make your way through the dunes and down the 100-foot sand cliff to the sound of breaking waves.

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