Old Wharf Point

Old Wharf Point is a nature reserve in Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Access is restricted and requires permission. Old Wharf Point is situated nearby to the hamlet South Wellfleet, as well as near Fresh Brook.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Audubon Bird Sanctuary and Wellfleet Drive-In Theater.

Audubon Bird Sanctuary

Nature reserve

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.

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.

Pond Hill School

School building

Photo: MattWade, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Pond Hill School is a historic school building at 65 Old Paine Hollow Road in Wellfleet, Massachusetts, United States. Built in 1857, it is the last of Wellfleet's 19th-century district schools to be built, and to survive relatively intact.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wellfleet and North Eastham.

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.

North Eastham

Hamlet

Photo: Faolin42, CC BY 4.0.

North Eastham is a census-designated place in the town of Eastham in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2020 census, North Eastham had a population of 2,296.

Eastham

Photo: Faolin42, CC BY 3.0.

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.

Old Wharf Point

Access is restricted and requires permission.
Type: Nature reserve
Category: recreation area
Location: Barnstable County, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.90374° or 41° 54′ 14″ north

Longitude

-70.00541° or 70° 0′ 20″ west

Elevation

23 feet (7 metres)

Open location code

87HFWX3V+FR

OpenStreetMap ID

way 29800071

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

GeoNames ID

4946347

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