The Inn at Cape Cod is set on over 2 lush acres, abutting 250 acres of conservation land and 50 acres of hiking trails. The Inn is located appropriately on Summer Street off of Historic Route 6A in Yarmouth Port. The Inn is centrally located on Cape Cod and is within walking distance to nearby bay beaches, serene fresh water lakes with sandy beaches and only 4 miles to Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard ferries. Historic Route 6A roughly parallels the shores of Cape Cod Bay for approximately 34 miles! This historic Route winds past hundreds of historic structures which characterize its early development, as well as views to the great salt marshes, harbors and open lands.

The route is believed to have begun as a Native American trail which stretched from Plymouth to Provincetown. As colonial agricultural settlement increased on the Cape during the 1600s, this cart path became the major east-west thoroughfare for early settlers. The narrow road became an extension of the Plymouth Colony's "King's Highway" in the late 17th century.

The Sears Hotel (today known as the Inn at Cape Cod) was for many years the end of the stage route from Boston, the point from which the stages to Provincetown and Chatham diverged. Throughout the centuries, many famous historic figures, artists and writers have rested at our noted establishment, like Henry David Thoreau.

The original owner of the manor was Joshua Sears, born in Yarmouth and son of Revolutionary War officer, Ebenezer Sears. Although legend has it that Joshua built this home for his lovely wife Phoebe as a wedding present, the structure would later become a noted hotel under the proprietorship of Joshua's brother, Charles Sears. With Yankee ingenuity Joshua Sears acquired what was to be, at the time of his death, one of the largest estates in New England.