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Pilgrim Monument

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The first thing you'll see in Provincetown is this grandiose edifice, which seems somewhat out of proportion to the rest of the low-rise town. The monument commemorates the Pilgrims' first landing in the New World and their signing of the Mayflower Compact (the first Colonial-American rules of self-governance) before they set off from Provincetown Harbor to explore the mainland. Climb the 116 steps and 60 short ramps of the 252-foot-high tower for a panoramic view—dunes on one side, harbor on the other, and the entire bay side of Cape Cod beyond. At the tower's base is a museum of Lower Cape and Provincetown history, with exhibits on whaling, shipwrecks, and scrimshaw.

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  • Address: 1 High Pole Hill Rd., Downtown Center, Provincetown, MA, 02657 | Map It
  • Phone: 508/487-1310
  • Cost: $7
  • Hours: Apr.--late May, mid--Sept.--early Dec., daily 9--5; late May--mid-Sept., daily 9--7; closed Dec.--Mar.
  • Website: www.pilgrim-monument.org
  • Location: Provincetown
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