Town of Wellfleet Information
The Town of Wellfleet is known for its many fine art galleries, scenic
beauty and historic charm. Wellfleet Harbor is a constantly changing
panorama of fishing boats, sail boats, yachts and trawlers. It also
has several clear, spring fed ponds (or kettle holes, as they are commonly
called). Golfers and cyclists have great opportunities to enjoy their
respective sports. Beach enthusiasts can pick from several beautiful
public beaches, including Marconi, Indian Neck and Cahoons Hollow. Other
sites of interest include the Samuel Rider House and the Wellfleet Bay
Wildlife Sanctuary.
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
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.
Narrative
compiled by the Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development
(DHCD).
The
Nature Trips advertised below is an example of amenities provided by
the community, for the community! What a friendly and absolutely wonderful
place to live in.
