Wellfleet
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Photo: MattWade, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village with 2,790 residents
- Description: town in Massachusetts, United States
- Also known as: “Belinsgate”, “Billingsgate”, “North Wellfleet”, “Pamet”, “Pononakanet”, “Poole”, “Port aux Huitres”, “Saint Suzanne de Cap Blanc”, “Skeekeet”, “Wellfleet, MA”, “Wellfleet, Massachusetts”, and “Willfleet”
- Postal code: 02667
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mayo Beach Light and Wellfleet Center Historic District.
Mayo Beach Light
Historic site
Photo: Dennis G. Jarvis, 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.
Wellfleet Center Historic District
Historic site
Photo: ToddC4176, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Wellfleet Center Historic District is a historic district in Wellfleet, Massachusetts, United States. It encompasses resources that exemplify the development of the community, beginning in the late 18th century, as a thriving commercial maritime center, and then its rise as a summer resort community in the late 19th century.
Merrick Island
Island
Merrick Island is an island in Barnstable County, Massachusetts. It is located 1.5 miles northwest of Wellfleet in the Town of Wellfleet. Great Beach Hill is located south-southwest of Merrick Island.
Wellfleet
- Categories: town in the United States and locality
- Location: Town of Wellfleet, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.9376° or 41° 56′ 15″ northLongitude
-70.0328° or 70° 1′ 58″ westPopulation
2,790Elevation
20 feet (6 metres)United Nations Location Code
US 3OLOpen location code
87HFWXQ8+2VOpenStreetMap ID
node 158861209OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Welsh—“Wellfleet” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Wellfleet”
- Cebuano: “Wellfleet”
- Chechen: “Веллфлит”
- Chinese: “韋爾弗利特”
- Chinese: “韦尔弗利特”
- Dagbani: “Wellfleet”
- French: “Wellfleet”
- Georgian: “უელფლიტი”
- German: “Wellfleet”
- Haitian: “Wellfleet, Massachusetts”
- Haitian: “Wellfleet”
- Italian: “Wellfleet”
- Japanese: “ウェルフリート”
- Kazakh: “Уэллфлит”
- Kirghiz: “Уэллфлит”
- Korean: “월플리트”
- Latin: “Wellfleet”
- Mazanderani: “ولفلیت (ماساچوست)”
- Mazanderani: “ولفلیت”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Wellfleet”
- Norwegian: “Wellfleet”
- Persian: “ولفلیت، ماساچوست”
- Persian: “ولفلیت”
- Polish: “Wellfleet”
- Portuguese: “Wellfleet”
- Slovenian: “Wellfleet”
- Spanish: “Wellfleet”
- Swedish: “Wellfleet”
- Tatar: “Веллфлит”
- Turkish: “Wellfleet”
- Ukrainian: “Веллфліт”
- Volapük: “Wellfleet”
- Welsh: “Wellfleet, Massachusetts”
- Welsh: “Wellfleet”
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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 Wikivoyage page “Wellfleet”. Photo: MattWade, CC BY-SA 3.0.