Barnstable Harbor

Barnstable Harbor is a natural harbor located in Barnstable, Massachusetts that is sheltered by Sandy Neck to the north and the city of Barnstable to the south.

Photo: Wjones59, CC BY 2.5.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sandy Neck Light and Edward Gorey House.

Sandy Neck Light

Lighthouse

Sandy Neck Light is a lighthouse on Sandy Neck, in West Barnstable, Massachusetts, at the entrance to Barnstable Harbor. It was first established in 1826.

The Edward Gorey House, also known as the Elephant House, is the home on Cape Cod in which Edward Gorey—author, illustrator, puppeteer, and playwright—lived and worked from 1986 until his death in 2000.

Swedenborgian Church

Church

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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Yarmouth Port and Yarmouth.

Yarmouth Port

Hamlet

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Yarmouth Port is a census-designated place in the town of Yarmouth in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 5,320 at the 2010 census.

Yarmouth

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Yarmouth is in Massachusetts on Cape Cod. It includes the villages of Bass River, South Yarmouth, West Yarmouth and Yarmouthport. It is a popular summer tourist destination.

Barnstable Village

Photo: Kzirkel, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Barnstable village is a village in Barnstable on Cape Cod in Massachusetts. Barnstable village is the most historical of the seven Barnstable villages with an old-time feel due to the many old residences and municipal buildings in the village.

Barnstable Harbor

Type: Dock
Also known as: “Barnstaple Harbor” and “Port aux Huitres”
Category: transportation
Location: Barnstable County, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.71678° or 41° 43′ 0″ north

Longitude

-70.26613° or 70° 15′ 58″ west

Open location code

87HFPP8M+PG

OpenStreetMap ID

node 358274763

OpenStreetMap feature

waterway=dock

GeoNames ID

4929776

Wikidata ID

Q19871019

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