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About Wellfleet
Located some seventy five miles out into the Atlantic
ocean on the outer end of Cape Cod, the town of Wellfleet offers an
abundance of quaint rural sea-side character and charm. Bounded on the
east by the ocean and the west by Cape Cod Bay, 61% of the land area of
Wellfleet is in the Cape Cod national Seashore Park.
During the summer, the population swells to an estimated 17,000 persons
enjoying the town's miles of ocean and bay-side beaches; numerous
beautiful, clear, spring-fed, ponds; many fine art galleries, shops and
restaurants; and the magnificent Wellfleet Harbor offering a constantly
changing panorama of sail boats, motor yachts, sport fishing boats and
trawlers. An extremely diverse community with an intriguing history of
an extraordinary nautical atmosphere, the friendly charm of the Central
Village provides the pedestrian with a vast array of browsing, dining,
picture-taking and sight-seeing opportunities within a relatively short
walk.
The town is home of the Cape Cod National Seashore Headquarters as well
as the 1,000 acre Massachusetts Audubon society Wildlife Sanctuary. Some
of Cape Cod's finest ocean surf-casting, fresh water pond and Cape Cod
Bay boat fishing possibilities are found in Wellfleet, and the town is
well-known for its plentiful supply of shellfish, including the famous
"Wellfleet Oyster".
Southeastern Massachusetts, on the forearm of Cape Cod. Bordered by
Truro on the north, the Atlantic Ocean on the east, Eastham on the
south, and Cape Cod Bay on the west. Wellfleet is about 33 miles north
of Hyannis; 101 miles southeast of Boston; 113 miles east of Providence,
Rhode Island; and 280 miles from New York City.
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