Audubon Bird Sanctuary
Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary is a 1,183 acres wildlife sanctuary located in Wellfleet, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod. The sanctuary was established by the Massachusetts Audubon Society in 1957.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Nature reserve
- Description: Protected landscape in Massachusetts
- Also known as: “MAS Wellfleet”, “Mass Audubon Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary”, “Massachusetts Audubon Sanctuary”, “Massachusetts Audubon Wellfleet Bay Sanctuary”, “Wellfleet Bay Sanctuary”, and “Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Wellfleet Drive-In Theater and Cooks Brook Beach.
Wellfleet Drive-In Theater
Movie theater
Photo: Britta Frahm, CC BY 2.0.
The Wellfleet Drive-In Theater, the only drive-in theater on Cape Cod, located in Wellfleet, Massachusetts along U.S. Route 6, near the Massachusetts Audubon Society's Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary.
Cooks Brook Beach
Beach
Cooks Brook Beach is a Town of Eastham beach on the bay side of Cape Cod, in North Eastham, Massachusetts. It is located at the end of Steele Road, which is off Massasoit Road.
Marconi Beach
Beach
Marconi Beach is part of the Cape Cod National Seashore in Wellfleet, Massachusetts. The beach is named for Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi. In 1903, the first transatlantic wireless communication originating in the United States was successfully transmitted from nearby Marconi Station; a message from U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt to King Edward VII of the United Kingdom.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include North Eastham and Eastham.
North Eastham
Hamlet
North Eastham is a census-designated place in the town of Eastham in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 1,806 at the 2010 census.
Eastham
Eastham is a town of 5,800 people in Massachusetts on Cape Cod, and includes the village of North Eastham. Eastham is home to some beautiful bay and ocean beaches, most notably Coast Guard Beach and Nauset Lighthouse Beach, as well as several fresh water kettle ponds.
Wellfleet
Photo: MattWade, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wellfleet is in Massachusetts on Cape Cod and includes the village of South Wellfleet. Its name is believed to be derived from "whale fleet". A quaint rural feel exists to Wellfleet.
Audubon Bird Sanctuary
- Categories: protected area and recreation area
- Location: Barnstable County, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.8809° or 41° 52′ 51″ northLongitude
-69.99835° or 69° 59′ 54″ westElevation
10 feet (3 metres)Open location code
87HGV2J2+9MOpenStreetMap ID
way 29848715OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserve
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to German—“Audubon Bird Sanctuary” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Audubon Bird Sanctuary (parke sa Estados Unidos, Barnstable County)”
- Cebuano: “Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary”
- German: “Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary”
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