Beach and Bay
Our home overlooks North Chatham’s Pleasant Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. Although the geography is shifting quickly these days, there is still a barrier beach—the outer bar—in places, that divides the bay from the ocean, protecting our beach.
Just about 100 feet from the house is a staircase down to the beach, where there is refreshing swimming at high tide, endless entertainment observing sea creatures at low tide, and a nice wide beach to nap or play on.
Please note that this shoreline is very dynamic. I describe above what the beach looks like now. A big storm could either wipe away a good portion of the beach or deposit much more sand thereby increasing the beach's size. We do everything we can to protect ourselves from erosion, but the reality of shore-front property these days is that beach levels are not in our control and so we do not offer guarantees that the beach will still be as currently described when a rental begins.
The length of the beach in front of our property is private. In Massachusetts, beach is private to the low-tide mark. In practice, this is a friendly neighborhood and we allow people to walk on our beach. People will sometimes clam or fish in the shallow water. But only people staying at the house will settle in with their beach towels.