Cape Cod National Seashore

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Cape Cod National Seashore
IUCN Category V (Protected Landscape/Seascape)
Cape Cod National Seashore
Location Massachusetts, USA
Nearest city Provincetown, MA
Coordinates 42°04′26″N 70°12′19″W / 42.07389, -70.20528
Established August 7, 1961
Visitors 3,712,812 (in 2005)
Governing body National Park Service

The Cape Cod National Seashore (CCNS), created on August 7th, 1961 by President John F. Kennedy, encompasses 43,500 acres (176 km²) of ponds, woods and beachfront on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. The CCNS includes nearly 40 miles (60 km) of seashore along the Atlantic-facing eastern edge of Cape Cod, in the towns of Provincetown, Truro, Wellfleet, Eastham, Orleans and Chatham.

The CCNS is run by the National Park Service, with the dual goal of protecting precious, ecologically fragile land, while allowing the public to enjoy a unique resource.

Notable sites encompassed by the CCNS include Marconi Station, site of the first two-way transatlantic radio transmission, and the Highlands Center for the Arts, formerly the North Truro Air Force Station. The glacial erratic known as Doane Rock is also located on the grounds.


Entrance to the Cape Cod National Seashore in Eastham, Massachusetts

Cape Cod National Seashore

Nauset Light

View from Highland Light

Marconi Beach

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Protected Areas of Massachusetts
National Park
Service

National Historical Parks:  Adams • Boston • Lowell • Minute Man • New Bedford Whaling • National Historic Sites:  Boston African American • Frederick Law Olmsted • John Fitzgerald Kennedy • Longfellow • Salem Maritime • Saugus Iron Works • Springfield Armory • Other:  Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area • Cape Cod National Seashore
State Parks

Alewife Brook • Ames Nowell • Ashland • Bash Bish Falls • Blackstone River and Canal Heritage • Borderland • Boston Harbor Islands • Bradley Palmer • C. M. Gardner • Callahan • Castle Island State Park • Chicopee Memorial • City Square • Clarksburg • Cochituate • Connecticut River Greenway • Demarest Lloyd • Dighton Rock • Dunn • Ellisville Harbor • Fall River Heritage • Gardner Heritage • Great Brook Farm • Halibut Point • Hampton Ponds • Holyoke Heritage • Hopkinton • Lake Lorraine • Lake Wyola • Lawrence Heritage • Lowell Heritage • Lynn Heritage • Massasoit • Maudslay • Moore • Mount Holyoke Range • Natural Bridge • Nickerson • Pearl Hill • Pilgrim • Quinsigamond • Robinson • Roxbury Heritage • Rutland • Skinner • South Cape Beach • Wahconah Falls • Webb Memorial • Wells • Western Gateway Heritage • Whitehall • Wompatuck
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State Forests
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