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>The National Park Service is seeking bids to lease eight historic “dune shacks,” rustic abodes often used by writers and artists, along the Outer Cape.
>To get there, you’ll have to make your way by foot along the sloping, sandy paths of the Cape Cod coast, or rev up an off-road vehicle that can handle the uneven terrain.
>Once you arrive at one of the eight remote retreats, supplies in tow, the thrum and bustle of city life will quickly give way to the distant calls of circling seagulls and the rhythm of waves lapping on the beach. At night, curious animals may pay a visit.
>Luxury camping this is not. Don’t expect great cellphone reception, and your closest neighbor might be a sandpiper nesting in the sea grass. Running water and electricity? You’ll have to rely on more primitive systems to get by.
>Initial annual rents range from $2,107 for the Jones dune shack to $16,000 for the larger Adams dune shack, which has a separate guest building. But the process is competitive, and offers could exceed those amounts, according to the park service.
https://www.boston.com/news/the-boston-globe/2023/05/06/always-dreamed-of-escaping-to-a-remote-weathered-shack-on-the-cape-cod-coast-now-you-can/
>To get there, you’ll have to make your way by foot along the sloping, sandy paths of the Cape Cod coast, or rev up an off-road vehicle that can handle the uneven terrain.
>Once you arrive at one of the eight remote retreats, supplies in tow, the thrum and bustle of city life will quickly give way to the distant calls of circling seagulls and the rhythm of waves lapping on the beach. At night, curious animals may pay a visit.
>Luxury camping this is not. Don’t expect great cellphone reception, and your closest neighbor might be a sandpiper nesting in the sea grass. Running water and electricity? You’ll have to rely on more primitive systems to get by.
>Initial annual rents range from $2,107 for the Jones dune shack to $16,000 for the larger Adams dune shack, which has a separate guest building. But the process is competitive, and offers could exceed those amounts, according to the park service.
https://www.boston.com/news/the-boston-globe/2023/05/06/always-dreamed-of-escaping-to-a-remote-weathered-shack-on-the-cape-cod-coast-now-you-can/
