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Camp Wellfleet
Wellfleet, Massachusetts
A soldier peering at the angle of his artillery gun
A gunner checking the elevation on his 40 mm Bofors gun
Camp Wellfleet is located in Massachusetts
Camp Wellfleet
Camp Wellfleet
Location of Camp Wellfleet
Coordinates41°53′51.14″N 69°58′27.78″W / 41.8975389°N 69.9743833°W / 41.8975389; -69.9743833
TypeGunnery/Rocketry/Bombing Range
Area1,738 acres (2.7 sq mi; 7.0 km2)
Site information
OwnerDepartment of Defense
Open to
the public
Yes
Site history
Built1942 (1942)
In use1943 (1943)-1961 (1961)
FateDemolished in the 1960s, now the headquarters of the Cape Cod National Seashore

Camp Wellfleet is a former United States military training camp. It occupies about 1,738 acres (7.03 km2) of land located along the Atlantic Ocean in the town of Wellfleet, Massachusetts on Cape Cod. The 548th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion (75mm Gun) used the Camp for a firing range from 1954-1956. The majority of the site (1,688.8 acres) is owned and maintained by the National Park Service, as the administrator of the Cape Cod National Seashore. The Town of Wellfleet owns a portion (49.2 acres) of the site. It was officially opened on March 19, 1943.

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