Chatham Light and Lighthouse Beach are two popular attractions in Chatham.

Chatham Light is a historic lighthouse that was built in 1808 and has guided mariners for over two centuries. It is still an active Coast Guard station and offers tours to the public.

Lighthouse Beach is a scenic stretch of sand that lies below the lighthouse and offers views of the Atlantic Ocean and the Monomoy Islands. It is a great place for swimming, surfing, fishing, and wildlife watching. Chatham Light and Lighthouse Beach are both part of the Cape Cod National Seashore and are open year-round.

Located on the grounds of Coast Guard Station Chatham, Chatham Light has a long and rich history and is available to tour on Wednesdays, 1 to 3:30 PM in July and August, and every other Wednesday of May, June, September, and October.

Cape Cod is a large peninsula extending 60 miles into the Atlantic Ocean from the coast of Massachusetts. Located on the outer portion of the Cape, Cape Cod National Seashore’s 44,600 acres encompass a rich mosaic of marine, estuarine, freshwater, and terrestrial ecosystems. These systems and their associated habitats reflect the Cape’s glacial origin, dynamic natural processes, and at least 9,000 years of human activity. Geomorphic shoreline change, groundwater fluctuations, tidal dynamics including rising sea level, and atmospheric deposition are among the many physical processes that continue to shape the Seashore’s ecosystems. Marine and estuarine systems include beaches, sand spits, tidal flats, salt marshes, and soft-bottom benthos. Freshwater ecosystems include kettle ponds, vernal pools, sphagnum bogs, and swamps. Terrestrial systems include pitch pine and scrub oak forests, heathlands, dunes, and sandplain grasslands. Many of these habitats are globally uncommon and the species that occupy them are correspondingly rare.