Massachusetts
Barnstable County
Town of Wellfleet

Wellfleet Bay

Wellfleet Bay is a nature reserve in , , . Wellfleet Bay is situated nearby to the hamlet , as well as near .
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Places of Interest

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

Nature reserve
Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary is a 1,183 acres wildlife sanctuary located in , on . The sanctuary was established by the Massachusetts Audubon Society in 1957.

Movie theater
Photo: Britta Frahm, CC BY 2.0.
The , the only drive-in theater on , located in along U.S. Route 6, near the Massachusetts Audubon Society's Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary.

Beach
is part of the in , . The beach is named for Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi. In 1903, the first transatlantic wireless communication originating in the was successfully transmitted from nearby Marconi Station; a message from U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt to King Edward VII of the .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wellfleet and North Eastham.

Photo: MattWade, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is in on and includes the village of South . Its name is believed to be derived from "whale fleet". A quaint rural feel exists to .

Hamlet
Photo: Faolin42, CC BY 4.0.
is a census-designated place in the town of in , , United States. The population was 1,806 at the 2010 census.

Wellfleet Bay

Latitude
41.9006° or 41° 54′ 2″ north
Longitude
-69.9898° or 69° 59′ 23″ west
Open location code
87HGW226+73
Open­Street­Map ID
way 29844037
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­conservation
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­nature_reserve
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