The
Cape Cod National Seashore (CCNS), created on August 7, 1961 by
President John F. Kennedy, encompasses on
Cape Cod, in
Massachusetts. It includes ponds, woods and beachfront of the
Atlantic coastal pine barrens ecoregion. The CCNS includes nearly 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.