Blackfish Creek

Blackfish Creek is a nature reserve in Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Access is restricted and requires permission. Blackfish Creek is situated nearby to the hamlet South Wellfleet, as well as near Wellfleet by the Sea.

Places of Interest

Highlights include White Crest Beach and Marconi Beach.

White Crest Beach

Beach

White Crest Beach is a town-managed beach in Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Situated in Barnstable County, it is bordered by Cahoon Hollow Beach to the north, and Le Count Hollow Beach to the south.

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.

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.

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.

Blackfish Creek

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

41.9141° or 41° 54′ 51″ north

Longitude

-69.9897° or 69° 59′ 23″ west

Open location code

87HGW276+J4

OpenStreetMap ID

way 29799991

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

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