New England
Massachusetts
Barnstable County

Provincetown Harbor

Provincetown Harbor is a large natural harbor located in the town of , . The harbor is mostly 30 to 90 feet deep and stretches roughly 1 mile from northwest to southeast and 2 miles from northeast to southwest – one large, deep basin with no dredged channel necessary for boats to enter and exit.
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  • Type: Bay
  • Description: Harbour in Provincetown, Massachusetts, USA
  • Also known as: “Cape Cod Harbor”, “Cape Codd Harbor”, “Cape Harbor”, and “Cape-Cob Harbour”
  • Address: MA

Places of Interest

Highlights include Long Point Light and Provincetown Art Association and Museum.

Lighthouse
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Station is a historic lighthouse at the northeast tip of in . As a navigational aid, it marks the southwest edge of the entrance to Provincetown Harbor.

Museum
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The in is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums. It was founded as the Provincetown Art Association on August 22, 1914, with the mission of collecting, preserving, exhibiting and educating people about the work of artists.

Library
The Old building is a historic building at 330 Commercial Street in downtown . Built in 1874, it served as the town's public library from then until 2002, when the library was moved to the former Center Methodist Church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Long Point.

Locality
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is a peninsula located in , United States, at the extreme tip of , as it curls back in on itself to create Provincetown Harbor.

Provincetown Harbor

Latitude
42.04177° or 42° 2′ 30″ north
Longitude
-70.16614° or 70° 9′ 58″ west
Open location code
87JF2RRM+PG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 368984725
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­bay
Geo­Names ID
4948090
Wiki­data ID
Q651694
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Satellite Map

Discover Provincetown Harbor from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Provincetown Harbor” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Provincetown Harbor”
  • Dutch: “Provincetown Harbor”
  • French: “port de Provincetown”
  • French: “Port de Provincetown”
  • Italian: “Porto di Provincetown”
  • Swedish: “Provincetown Harbor”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as East End and Town Center.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Provincetown Ferry Terminal and Provincetown Marina.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Provincetown Harbor”. Photo: RoySmith, CC BY-SA 4.0.