Cape Cod National Seashore
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Cape Cod National Seashore
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 Sunset in late July at Race Point Beach |
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| location | Barnstable County , Massachusetts , USA |
| surface | 176 km² |
| WDPA ID | 1070 |
| Geographical location | 41 ° 56 ' N , 70 ° 1' W |
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| Setup date | August 7, 1961 |
| administration | National Park Service |
The Cape Cod National Seashore (CCNS) is one of twelve US National Seashores . It encompasses 176 square kilometers of ponds, forests and beaches on Cape Cod , Massachusetts . The CCNS covers nearly 60 km of coastline along the Atlantic area of Cape Cod in Provincetown , Truro , Wellfleet , Eastham , Orleans and Chatham .
The park was founded on August 7, 1961 by President John F. Kennedy . The CCNS is administered by the National Park Service for the protection of nature and landscape and for tourist use.
Notable locations surrounded by the CCNS include the Marconi Wireless Station Site (41 ° 53'30 "N, 69 ° 57'48" W) , the site of the first transatlantic radio broadcast, and the Highlands Center for the Arts, formerly the North Truro Air Force Station . The Doane Rock boulder (41 ° 50'40 "N, 69 ° 57'28" W) is also in the area.
As part of the NPS Centennial Initiative, the mouth of the Herring River will be renatured by 2016 by removing dykes and drainage ditches from 1909 .
