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Overview
About Long Pond Beach
Why stop
- Cartop boats can reach the water by a carry-down path
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- Summer swimming requires a town sticker, with limited visitor eligibility
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“Long Pond Beach in Wellfleet is coming up, with clear freshwater and a wooded bank across the pond.”
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More about Long Pond Beach
A freshwater beachLong Pond Beach is a small Town of Wellfleet beach at the northwest corner of a 38-acre kettle…
Long Pond Beach is a small Town of Wellfleet beach at the northwest corner of a 38-acre kettle pond. It is a simple stop for freshwater swimming, fishing or a cartop-boat outing, with sand and grass at the shore and a wooded bank across the water. During the summer swimming season, a Wellfleet beach sticker is required. Visitor eligibility is limited, so check the Town’s current rules before planning a swim.
Getting down to the waterThe beach is off Long Pond Road, with a large gravel parking lot across the road.
The beach is off Long Pond Road, with a large gravel parking lot across the road. A path leads down to the water; cartop boats need to be carried down it.
A pond shaped by iceWellfleet’s kettle ponds were left by melting glacial deposits about 15,000 years ago.
Wellfleet’s kettle ponds were left by melting glacial deposits about 15,000 years ago. Long Pond has two deep bowls joined by a narrow, shallow section. It averages 16 feet deep and reaches 50 feet; most of the bottom is sand and gravel, and the water is typically transparent to about 20 feet.
Swimming, fishing and the viewThe pond is also used for fishing and boating.
The pond is also used for fishing and boating. Fish recorded here include chain pickerel, redfin pickerel, yellow perch, pumpkinseed and brown bullhead; treat them as pond species, not a promise of a catch. For a photo, keep the sandy shallows in the foreground and the tree-lined far bank behind them to show the pond’s clear water and setting.
Wildlife
Wildlife in Cape Cod
459 sightingsGray SealMost seen around 11 AMSighting map
84 sightingsCoyoteMost seen around 6 AMSighting map
297 sightingsRed FoxMost seen around 7 PMSighting map
49 sightingsWhite-tailed DeerMost seen around 6 AMSighting map
263 sightingsHorseshoe CrabMost seen around 8 PMSighting map
73 sightingsGreat Blue HeronMost seen around 6 PMSighting mapSighting maps show where each species has been reported across Cape Cod. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.
