Wellfleet Harbor Tide Tables
(with sunrise & sunset times, plus moon phase)

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Tide information from Massachusetts Marine Trades Association

Things you can do, only in Wellfleet!

What’s Happening Around Cape Cod (CC Times)

Some Things to See and Do on Cape Cod

Outer Cape Sights

Here are a few suggestions on places to visit on the outer Cape. Access and activities will vary according to the seasons.

Wellfleet

• Marconi Beach area
  • Marconi site
    • Site of first transatlantic wireless transmission from the US
    • Overlook of ocean (east) and Cape Cod Bay (west)
  • Atlantic White Cedar Swamp trail
    • Enchanting boardwalk trail. Interesting environment for being so close to the ocean
  • Marconi Beach
    • Quintessential ocean beach
  • Camp Wellfleet
    • Former WWII training site for anti-aircraft gunners
    • Some remnants of the camp and gun emplacements
  • Duck Harbor sunset
    • Best sunset views in Wellfleet
    • Town beach sticker required only until 5 pm in the summer.
  • Mayo Beach
    • Across the street from the cottage
    • Warm, gentle water
    • Swimming not great within 2-3 hours of low tide (either side)
  • Mass Audubon Wellfleet Bay visitor’s center & trails
  • Listen for ship’s bells to tell the time
  • Things you can do only in Wellfleet

Eastham

• Fort Hill
  (no fort there, just the location where they *would* have built one, if they were going to)
  • Overlook of Nauset marsh (south end)
  • Penniman house
  • Trail to Nauset marsh overlook (Indian sharpening rock)
• Salt Pond Visitor’s Center
  • Museum
  • Films
  • Salt Pond overlook
  • Nauset Marsh Trail
  • Buttonbush Trail
• Coast Guard Beach
  • Accessed by tram from remote parking during the day
• Nauset Light
  • The one on the Cape Cod Potato Chip bag
• Three Sisters lighthouses – these low wooden towers are the second set of lighthouses at this site (the 1^st set fell into the ocean). Originally on the bluff overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, the now sit about ¼ mile back

Truro

• Highland (Cape Cod) light
  • Cape Cod’s first lighthouse (original tower constructed in 1797).
  • Currently undergoing renovation – not open to climb – but an interesting visit to see the site and where the lighthouse was moved from in 1996. Nice views of Provincetown in the distance, the ocean, and the radome & “Jenny Lind” tower at the now-decommissioned North Truro Air Force Station, now the Highlands Center at Cape Cod National Seashore.

Provincetown

• Provincelands Visitor’s Center & observation deck
• Provincetown airport
• Pilgrim monument climb
• Provincetown museum
• Whale watch
• MacMillan wharf
  • Whale watch boats, ferries to Boston, fishing boats, artist shacks
• Downtown P’town
  • Observe a different lifestyle
  • Interesting shop
  • Good restaurants