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Wellfleet, MA, United StatesGull Pond
Gull Pond is a 109-acre kettle pond about 19 meters deep and the busiest of Wellfleet's ponds, with a shaded town beach that fills on summer afternoons. Kayaks, canoes and paddle boats launch from the landing, and a sluiceway links it to Higgins Pond, so wear a bright cap if you swim out from shore. You need a Wellfleet beach sticker to park from the third Saturday in June through Labor Day.
Latest reading · SwimScore 68/100 (Good swim) for a typical swimmer: air 16°C, wind 39 km/h, UV 1. Updated .
Know before you go
- Getting in
- Town of Wellfleet landing and beach on Gull Pond, reached via Gull Pond Road.
- Parking & transport
- Wellfleet beach sticker required from the third Saturday in June through Labor Day (2026 visitor stickers: $75 for three days, $110 a week, $375 a season). No parking 12:30 a.m. to half an hour before sunrise.
- Water quality
- Barnstable County's beach program samples Cape Cod ponds weekly in season for E. coli; a beach is posted closed if a re-test also exceeds the state limit of 235 cfu/100 mL.
- Season
- Sticker enforcement third Saturday in June-Labor Day.
- Who swims here
- The town Recreation Department has long run Red Cross swimming lessons at Gull Pond.
- Watch for
- Kayaks, canoes, paddle boats, small sailboats and electric boats share the pond
- Deep water, about 19 m at its deepest
- Facilities
- Toilets · Boat ramp and kayak racks
Sources: wellfleet-ma.gov, wellfleet-ma.gov, wellfleet-ma.gov, capecod.gov
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Details
- Location
- Wellfleet, MA, United States
- Type
- lake
- Difficulty
- beginner
- Coordinates
- 41.9558, -70.0122