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 Wellfleet, Massachusetts
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While storm assessment and cleanup is underway, park buildings and several areas remain closed for safety. Most of the Outer Cape is without power, including park buildings. National seashore staff are still cleaning up storm damage throughout the park.
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Impacts from Hurricane Erin Beaches are experiencing high surf, rip currents, and hazardous swimming conditions. For visitor safety, lifeguards have closed the water to all recreational activities at the park’s beaches. Access to the ORV corridor will be closed at 6 pm today.
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Mark your calendars! Monday, August 4th is our next Fee Free Day! Cape Cod National Seashore will be waiving entrance fees at all 6 park beaches. To learn more about the Great American Outdoors Act visit nps.gov/subjects/infrastruct… #FindYourPark #GAOA #GreatAmericanOutdoorsAct
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SPVC phone lines are still down as of Tuesday morning (7/8). For program reservations, please call 508-487-1256. Fire permits can still be reserved in-person at Salt Pond Visitor Center on a first come, first served basis. Please continue to use the website and NPS App.
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The vandalism has been completed with purple spray paint stating “Bird Nazi” on multiple park features. Graffiti is vandalism and is extremely difficult to remove. Repair of vandalized sites, if possible, is costly and time consuming.
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We need your help! U.S. Park Rangers are investigating multiple incidents of destruction of property and vandalism in the area of Herring Cove Beach and the Wood End Marsh trail bike rack in Provincetown, MA between June 15, 2024-present.
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Read more about LiDAR and geologic activity in Cape Cod National Seashore here: nps.gov/caco/learn/nature/ge… NPS/Hohman
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LiDAR stands for "light detection and ranging” and works by bouncing laser beams off the surrounding environment and measuring how long it takes the beam to return. The result is a detailed 3D image that park scientists can use to examine how our coasts are changing. NPS/Hohman
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Erosion is a natural process. To better understand erosion in areas of concern, like infrastructure or culturally significant locations, Cape Cod National Seashore scientists have been using terrestrial LiDAR technology to collect 3D data of the bluffs and dunes. NPS/Rasmussen
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Aircraft equipped with an RCAT would take off from a now defunct runway located in the woods of Wellfleet. The RCAT would then be rocket-launched off the aircraft at 0 to 60 mph within the first 30 feet, and then controlled remotely from the bluff. NPS Archives.
Old black and white aerial photo of the runway in the Wellfleet woods with roads and directions labeled.

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