Wellfleet Harbor

Wellfleet Harbor is a bay in Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Wellfleet Harbor is situated nearby to the hamlet Mayo Beach, as well as near Cooks Brook Beach.

Type: Bay
Also known as: “Deep Hole”, “Grampus Bay”, “Wellefleet Harbor”, and “Wellfleet Bay”
Address: MA

Places of Interest

Highlights include Samuel Smith Tavern Site and Billingsgate Island.

Samuel Smith Tavern Site

Archaeological site

The Samuel Smith Tavern Site is a historic archeological site in Wellfleet, Massachusetts, United States. It encompasses the remains of a late 17th-century tavern operated by Samuel Smith, owner of Great Island, which shelters Wellfleet Harbor.

Billingsgate Island

Billingsgate Island, also sometimes known as Bellingsgate Island, was an island off Cape Cod in Massachusetts in the United States. Originally settled as a fishing and whaling community as part of the town of Eastham, Massachusetts, Billingsgate Island was for a long time the site of a lighthouse used as a navigational aid in Cape Cod Bay.

Mayo Beach Light

Historic site

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Mayo Beach Light was an early lighthouse on Cape Cod. Deactivated in 1922, the second tower was moved to California and re-erected as the Point Montara Light in 1928.

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.

Wellfleet Harbor

Category: body of water
Location: Barnstable County, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.89594° or 41° 53′ 45″ north

Longitude

-70.0453° or 70° 2′ 43″ west

Open location code

87HFVXW3+9V

OpenStreetMap ID

node 368984987

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=bay

GeoNames ID

4954764

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Localities in the Area

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Highlights include Former Site of East Camp and Great Beach Hill.

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