THE NORTH EASTHAM LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Cape Cod/Long Island setting.
North Eastham CDP has 3.44 square miles of land in Barnstable County. Its Census reference point is in Cape Cod/Long Island, within Atlantic Coastal Pine Barrens.
Sandy coastal landscapes combine beaches, dunes, bays and marshes with oak-pine woodland. These pine-barrens settings form a transition between warmer southern coasts and rockier shores farther north.
Regional context: Atlantic Coastal Pine Barrens ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
North Eastham and Barnstable County
North Eastham is associated with Barnstable County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
North Eastham by land and water
The Census records 8.51 square miles of water within North Eastham, or 71.2% of its total area. It is 1.4 percentage points higher than the 69.8% recorded for Barnstable County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, North Eastham CDP has 24.6% of the land area of nearby Eastham town (14 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

