Views Around N. Truro AFS & Immediate Vicinity

photos by Tom Page

Cape Cod (Highlands) Lighthouse, approx a mile north of the radar station.

North Truro beach & cliffs, view from old ALRI site, looking south.

another view from the old ALRI site, looking south, showing the scrub brush and rolling hills. Now owned by Cape Cod Nat`l Seashore (NPS).

View from AN/FPS-26 tower through telephoto lens. Distance (left) is Provincetown (not visible); foreground is Jenny Lind tower*.

Same as above. At far left, Pilgrims Monument (in Provincetown) can be seen. The body of water is P`town Harbor, off Cape Cod Bay.

Similar view (but through a wide-angle lens) showing both the Jenny Lind Tower and the Cape Cod (Highlands) Lighthouse. Looking NW.

* Jenny Lind Tower -
Jenny Lind was a Swedish singer. She once gave a free, pulic performance from the tower of teh Boston Railroad Station. When the Boston railroad station was to be demolished, an adoring fan - an eccentric millionaire - bought the tower from which Jenny Lind had sung, had it moved to Cape Cod, and had the tower rebuilt as a lasting memorial to her. The tower still stands today.