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Overview
About North of Highland Camping Area
Why stop
- The store, hot showers and laundry make a longer stay easier.
Heads up
- Most sites lack hookups, and open fires are prohibited.
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Before you go
The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Cape Cod Tour Guide
Your drive to North of Highland Camping Area, narrated.
Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for Cape Cod National Seashore. As you drive, it chimes in with what’s ahead: hidden gems, upcoming stops, history, geology, and wildlife, right through your car’s speakers.
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Head of the Meadow Beach0:00 / 0:33
“Head of the Meadow Beach is coming up, a good choice for a long Atlantic shore walk. Reaching the sand means crossing a soft dune, so I'd keep the beach gear light.”
Plays on the road 0.2 mi from North of Highland Camping Area in the Parkwolf Cape Cod Tour Guide.
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More about North of Highland Camping Area
A wooded base by the beachNorth of Highland is a privately run, tent-focused campground in North Truro, surrounded by…
North of Highland is a privately run, tent-focused campground in North Truro, surrounded by Cape Cod National Seashore. Its 237 sites spread across about 58 acres of pitch pine. Most are car-accessible, though a few remote sites take a short walk. The main draw is the wooded Beach Path to Head of the Meadow Beach: it is less than half a mile and takes under ten minutes on foot. Guests can walk or bike there instead of moving the car.
Check the setupMost sites have no water or electric hookup, so this is better suited to tent campers and…
Most sites have no water or electric hookup, so this is better suited to tent campers and smaller setups than to anyone counting on full RV services. Each site has a picnic table and parking for at least one vehicle. Reserve well ahead for mid-July through mid-August or holiday weekends; minimum-stay rules change by date. Open fires, pets, generators and motorcycles are prohibited.
Handy things on siteThe four camping areas have flush toilets, drinking-water spigots and cold rinse showers.
The four camping areas have flush toilets, drinking-water spigots and cold rinse showers. Coin-operated hot showers and laundry are available near the central facilities. Area 1 has the camp store, recreation hall and playground. During the busy season, the store carries camping staples, drinks, snacks and ice cream.
A campground older than the SeashoreIt opened in 1954, before Cape Cod National Seashore was established, and has passed through…
It opened in 1954, before Cape Cod National Seashore was established, and has passed through three generations of the same family. The sites follow the land's natural contours under gnarled pines, with a soft layer of pine needles across the ground.
Wildlife
Wildlife in Cape Cod
459 sightingsGray SealMost seen around 11 AMSighting map
84 sightingsCoyoteMost seen around 6 AMSighting map
297 sightingsRed FoxMost seen around 7 PMSighting map
49 sightingsWhite-tailed DeerMost seen around 6 AMSighting map
263 sightingsHorseshoe CrabMost seen around 8 PMSighting map
73 sightingsGreat Blue HeronMost seen around 6 PMSighting mapSighting maps show where each species has been reported across Cape Cod. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.
