Tag Archives: Wellfleet roads

Reconstructing Ocean View Drive

Earlier this year I wrote a column on the mysterious origins of Ocean View Drive in Wellfleet, the road paralleling the ocean and connecting four town beaches, from LeCount’s Hollow (aka Maquire’s Landing) at the southern end to Newcomb Hollow at the northern end. The real mystery, for me, was why the date and circumstances […]

July 13, 2015 – 10:03 am | By Brent | Posted in Columns | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Ocean View Drive’s surprisingly obscure origins

The other day I was walking on Ocean View Drive here in Wellfleet and realized that if I’d ever known when it was constructed I’ve forgotten that. OVD is the road that, as the name suggests, runs along the top of the dunes connecting four main town ocean beaches. I was surprised that I didn’t […]

November 1, 2014 – 2:11 pm | By Brent | Posted in Posts | Tagged , | Comments (1)