Wellfleet by the Sea

Wellfleet by the Sea is a hamlet in Town of Wellfleet, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Wellfleet by the Sea is situated nearby to the hamlet Cahoon Hollow, as well as near South Wellfleet.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cahoon Hollow Beach and Pond Hill School.

Cahoon Hollow Beach

Beach

Cahoon Hollow Beach is a beach in the Cape Cod National Seashore in Wellfleet, Massachusetts. It was named for the Cahoon family, who had lived on the Outer Cape for many years.

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

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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

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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. North Eastham is situated 4½ miles south of Wellfleet by the Sea.

Truro

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Truro is a town in Massachusetts on Cape Cod and includes the village of North Truro. Truro has great unspoiled natural beauty and beaches with high sandy cliffs on the ocean side.

Wellfleet by the Sea

Type: Hamlet
Category: locality
Location: Town of Wellfleet, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.92983° or 41° 55′ 47″ north

Longitude

-69.97863° or 69° 58′ 43″ west

Elevation

72 feet (22 metres)

Open location code

87HGW2HC+WG

OpenStreetMap ID

node 158876374

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

4954769

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