Open Space Plans
The Town of Provincetown owns some 99 acres of Open Space. Map of Properties.

Open Space & Recreation Plan Updated.
The Conservation Commission, Recreation Commission, and Open Space Committee updated the Town's Open Space and Recreation Plan. The Town hired the Horsley Witten Group, Inc. to help undertake that effort. See updated 2007 Open Space and Recreation Plan as approved by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs on February 5, 2007.This update replaces the 1995 Open Space & Recreation Plan 

Property Management Plans.
The Open Space Committee has drafted management plans which provide guidelines for conservation and passive recreation uses at the Shank Painter Pond Wildlife Sanctuary (a/k/a Shankpainter Pond Uplands) and at the Whistle Path Woods Town Conservation Area. (a/k/a the Locke Property).

Nicky's Park
Nicky's Park Conservation Area consists of about four acres, of which about 1.5 acre is freshwater wetlandand is located between Harry Kemp Way (town way) on the southeast and State Route 6 on the northwest. Residential development forms the other sides of the area. Harry Kemp Way coincides with the 80-foot wide layout for the defunct Old Colony Railroad, property acquired by the Town of Provincetown in 1967. See Nicky's Park Management Plan.

Harbor Plans

Municipal Harbor Plan
Article 32 of the April 7, 1997 Annual Town Meeting approved the Municipal Harbor Plan for the Town of Provincetown. The Plan establishes a reasoned approach to the future use and management of Provincetown Harbor and its edges. Five key issue areas have been addressed in this plan, and are reflected in its recommendations: preserving the Harbor's Built and Natural Assets; promoting Commercial Fishing and Aquaculture; providing for Diverse Vessel Use and Needs; assuring Public Access to the Shoreline for Recreation; and planning for Future Harbor Uses. The Harbor Plan is implemented by the Harbor Committee. 

Historic Mean High Water.
The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has provided the Town of Provincetown with a digitization of the Historic Mean High Water line. See that line on the Town's aerial photographs of Provincetown Harbor.

Transportation Center feasibility study.
Read the feasibility study for a MacMillan Pier Transportation Center.


For more information contact: 
Office of the Town Clerk , Town of Provincetown, 260 Commercial Street, Provincetown, MA  02657 (508) 487-7013.