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Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
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Wellfleet Bay provides peace and unmatched beauty on the hillsides and shoreline overlooking Wellfleet Harbor. Extensive trails bring you to a panoramic salt marsh, sandy barrier beach, and pine woodlands, each attracting a wide array of wildlife. The sanctuary features a universally accessible trail and an award-winning "green" nature center with numerous exhibits and aquariums. Please leave dogs and other pets at home.
Location: 291 State Highway Route 6, South Wellfleet, MA 02663
Phone: 508-349-2615
Hours: Nature Center open Tuesday-Saturday, 9 am-4 pm; Trails open daily, dawn to dusk
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Sanctuary News & Events
Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
We just recorded the fourth busiest cold-stunned season on record. More than 730 sea turtles were rescued or recovered, most of them critically endangered Kemp’s Ridleys.
Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
Longtime volunteers Peggy Sagan and her husband Mike Simons are active members of Wellfleet Bay's community. Now they've taken steps to help ensure that the sanctuary's important work continues in the years ahead.
Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
If you're ready to learn more birds than the ones at your feeder, your chance is coming up! Long Pasture Wildlife Sanctuary birding ace Chris Walz will be kicking off his popular year-long birding program covering the Cape's many birding hot spots.
Upcoming Programs
Join Mass Audubon's Doug Lowry (Southeast Region) and Sean Kortis (Cape Cod Region) for a full day of birding at Long Pasture... Read more
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