Cape Cod National Seashore

Cape Cod National Seashore
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
Official logo
Beach at Cape Cod
Location	Barnstable County, Massachusetts, US
Nearest city	Barnstable, Massachusetts
Coordinates	41°50′14″N 69°58′22″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

A photo of the Cape Cod National Seashore taken for the National Park Service's Mission 66 initiative, ca. 1966.

The Cape Cod National Seashore (CCNS) encompasses 43,607 acres (68.1 sq mi; 176.5 km²) on Cape Cod, in Massachusetts. CCNS was created on August 7, 1961, by President John F. Kennedy, when he signed a bill enacting the legislation he first co-sponsored as a Senator a few years prior. 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.