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((coord|41.56|N|70.53|W|type:waterbody_scale:100000_region:US|display=title|name=Waquoit Bay))
((more citations needed|date=June 2017))
[[File:Waquoit Bay.jpg|thumb|right|200px|1893 USGS Map of Waquoit Bay]]

'''Waquoit Bay''' is a public national estuary, which is typically used as a research reserve. It is a part of [[Nantucket Sound]] and is located on the southern shore of [[Cape Cod]] in [[Massachusetts]], USA. This bay forms the border of the towns of Falmouth and Mashpee, Massachusetts.

The name Waquoit comes from the Wompanoag word "Weeqayut" (Waquoit) meaning "Place of Light".

== National Marine Research Reserve ==
Due to the pressures on the coastal resources of the United States, Congress enacted the [[Coastal Zone Management Act]] which gave federal aid to operate estuarine areas as natural field laboratories. Waquoit Bay is one of these natural field laboratory zones. The areas that the Coastal Management Act Encompass the Visitor Center/Headquarters Property.

== Facilities ==
The Visitor's Center is a 28-acre (11 ha) piece of land.

It is open year-round, Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

The center has a path to the beach below it and hosts many activities to educate visitors about the marine wildlife in the bay.

== Geography ==
The eastern section of the reserve is ((convert|432|acre|ha|abbr=off)) and encompasses [[South Cape Beach State Park]], Sage Lot Pond and Flat Pond.<ref name=":0" /> This eastern section offers a swimming beach that is a noted fishing site during the annual [[bluefish]] and [[striped bass]] migrations. It is also a sanctuary for protected species such as [[piping plover]] and [[least tern]].

Sage Lot and Flat Ponds are salt ponds to the east of the bay.

The Quashnet River Property is ((convert|361|acre|ha)) in size. The [[Quashnet River]] is the primary source of fresh water reaching the bay, which is mostly surrounded by upland forests. A three-mile (5&nbsp;km) trail loops along the river.

North Quashnet Woodlands is ((convert|25|acre)) in size. These [[pine]] woodlands encompass an abandoned [[cranberry]] bog. [[Trout Unlimited]] converted the cranberry bog channel into a river.

Waquoit Bay is ((convert|825|acre|ha|abbr=off)) in size. Freshwater enters the Bay from four principal sources: the Quashnet/Moonakis River, Red Brook, Childs River, and groundwater overflow.

The following rivers and bodies of water are salt ponds traced back to the east of the bay, reachable by [[kayak]]: the Hamblin Pond, ((convert|141|acre|ha|abbr=off)), Jehu Pond, ((convert|172|acre|ha|abbr=off)) Abigail's Brook The following freshwater ponds drain to the bay at the northern side and offer kayaking and fishing: Bog Pond, ((convert|2.8|acre|ha|abbr=off)) Bourne Pond, is just over ((convert|10|acre|ha|abbr=off)) in surface area and consequently is considered a Great Pond under the laws of the Massachusetts. It is kept in trust for all citizens and is not privately owned. Caleb Pond is ((convert|5.7|acre|ha|abbr=off)) in size. Childs River: Abandoned cranberry bogs and pine woodlands.<ref name=":0" />

[[Washburn Island, Massachusetts|Washburn Island]] is a small nature reserve within the bay. During [[World War II]] Washburn Island was used by the Army Amphibious Command as a landing area. This camp was home to the 594th Engineer boat and shore regiment.

In the early 1960s Norwegian researcher Johannes Kr. Tornöe suggested Waquoit Bay as the location of [[Leifsbudir]] ("Leif's booths or houses"), the long-sought site of the Norse colony of [[Vinland]].

== Prominent fish and crustaceans ==
Fish seen in the bay and its connecting waters include the [[blueback herring]], [[brook trout]], [[golden shiner]], [[banded killifish]], and [[northern pipefish]].<ref name=":0">((Cite web|url=https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CZIC-qe124-f35-1984/html/CZIC-qe124-f35-1984.htm|title=Proposed designation of Waquoit Bay as a National Estuarine Sanctuary and preparation of a Draft Sanctuary Management Plan |author=[[National Ocean Service]], Sanctuary Programs Division; [[Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs|Executive Office of Environmental Affairs, Commonwealth of Massachusetts]] |date=July 1984|publisher=Government Printing Office |access-date=20 April 2019))</ref> Crustaceans present include the blue crab, [[hermit crab]] and [[barnacle]]s.<ref name=":0" />

== References ==
((Reflist))

((Coastal waterbodies of Massachusetts))

[[Category:Estuaries of Massachusetts]]
[[Category:Falmouth, Massachusetts]]
[[Category:Mashpee, Massachusetts]]
[[Category:Norse colonization of North America]]
[[Category:Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact]]
[[Category:Estuaries of Barnstable County, Massachusetts]]

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