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I've always found the Bay side of Cape Cod more photographically interesting. The Brewster Flats, low tide at sunset can be delightful. Take LInnell Landing Road off of Rt.6A, drive to the parking lot at the end and walk the miles of beach. The parking lot is restricted to Brewster residents until 3:00 pm. Winter storms change the low tide sand configuration every year, so anything I saw two years ago could likely have disappeared. Another access point is the path that leads from the parking lot beside the Cape Cod Natural History Museum on Rt. 6A.
Great Island (part of the National Seashore) on the other side of Wellfleet has a large parking lot that can fill up in the summer, but most people head for the bayside beach that's close by. Head around the cove and up the path through the woods or walk around the eastern side of the island along the shoreline where you'll find high sand cliffs (very pretty at sunrise, but you'll have to start from the parking lot in the dark). You'll have the place mostly to yourselves whatever the time of day.
The dunes and beach on Sandy Neck in Barnstable will keep you busy for the better part of a day. It's a long hike out to the end, but worth it.
Merrill
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