Provincetown, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA
Municipality
Location overview
Provincetown is a town in Barnstable County at the outer tip of Cape Cod in Massachusetts. Its curved shoreline shelters Provincetown Harbor, and the compact historic center follows the bayside waterfront. Fishing and maritime trade shaped the town’s development, including its Portuguese fishing community. The Province Lands contain dunes, pine forests and ponds extending toward the Atlantic coast. Parts of this surrounding landscape are protected within Cape Cod National Seashore.