Cape Cod National Seashore

Cape Cod National Seashore
Cape Cod National Seashore
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
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Location	Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA
Nearest city	Barnstable, Massachusetts
Coordinates	41°50′14″N 69°58′22″W / 41.83722°N 69.97278°W
Area	43,607.14 acres (176.4718 km2)
Established	August 7, 1961
Visitors	3,968,672 (in 2022)
Governing body	National Park Service
Website	Cape Cod National Seashore

The Cape Cod National Seashore (CCNS) encompasses 43,607 acres (68.1 sq mi; 176.5 km²)^[1] on Cape Cod, in Massachusetts. CCNS was created on August 7, 1961, by President John F. Kennedy,^[3]^[4] when he signed a bill enacting the legislation he first co-sponsored as a Senator a few years prior.^[5] It includes ponds, woods and beachfront of the Atlantic coastal pine barrens ecoregion. The CCNS includes nearly 40 miles (64 km) of seashore along the Atlantic-facing eastern shore of Cape Cod, in the towns of Provincetown, Truro, Wellfleet, Eastham, Orleans and Chatham. It is administered by the National Park Service.

^ ^a ^b "Listing of acreage – December 31, 2014" (XLSX). Land Resource Division, National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-08-26. (National Park Service Acreage Reports)
^ "NPS Annual Recreation Visits Report". National Park Service. Retrieved 2023-07-23.
^ "Bill signing - S. 857 Public Law 87-126, Cape Cod National Seashore Act, 11:47AM". John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum.
^ "Cape Cod National Seashore Act - P.L. 87-126" (PDF). 75 Stat. 284 ~ Senate Bill 857. U.S. Government Printing Office. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-10-09.
^ Kennedy, John F. (1961). Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States. Office of the Federal Register National Archives and Records Service. pp. 551-552.