Briants Neck
Briants Neck is a cape in Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Briants Neck is situated nearby to the hamlet Santuit, as well as near Newtown.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Cape
- Description: cape in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Also known as: “Bryants Cove” and “Bryants Neck”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cleveland Island and Old Indian Church.
Cleveland Island
Island
Cleveland Island is a small heavily forested island located in Wakeby Pond in Mashpee, Massachusetts. It once belonged to president Grover Cleveland. Cleveland once said that Daniel Webster caught a trout near the island, and then "talked mighty strong and fine to that fish and told him what a mistake he had made, and that he would have been all right if he had left the bait alone. Cleveland Island is situated 2 miles northwest of Briants Neck.
Old Indian Church
Church
Photo: Swampyank, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Old Indian Meeting House is a historic meeting house at 410 Meetinghouse Road in Mashpee, Massachusetts. Built in 1758, the meetinghouse is the oldest Native American church in the eastern United States. Old Indian Church is situated 2 miles southwest of Briants Neck.
Lowell Park
Pitch
Photo: JonP125, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Elizabeth Lowell Park is a baseball venue in the village of Cotuit, Massachusetts, home to the Cotuit Kettleers of the Cape Cod Baseball League. The former Elizabeth Lowell High School was located just to the west of the field. Lowell Park is situated 2 miles southeast of Briants Neck.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mashpee and Marstons Mills.
Mashpee
Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mashpee is in Massachusetts on Cape Cod. It includes the village of New Seabury. Purchased in 1660 to be a reservation for the Wampanoag tribe and later revoked and incorporated as a town. Until the 1960s, Wampanoags made up the majority of the population.
Marstons Mills
Village
Photo: Kzirkel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Marstons Mills is a village in the town of Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States. It is primarily residential, located on Massachusetts Route 28, and rural in nature. Marstons Mills is situated 2½ miles east of Briants Neck.
Cotuit
Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cotuit is a village of the town of Barnstable on Cape Cod. Cotuit Oyster Company has been producing oysters in the pretty harbor since 1837. In this quiet residential area with upscale summer retreats, the harbor provides great boating and kayaking and some beautiful views.
Briants Neck
- Category: landform
- Location: Barnstable County, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
“Briants Neck” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Briants Neck”
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