Flax Pond

Flax Pond is a pond in Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Flax Pond is situated nearby to the hamlet New Boston, as well as near East Dennis.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Follins Pond and Scargo Tower.

Follins Pond

Pond

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Follins Pond is a brackish lake located on Cape Cod, separating the towns of Dennis, Massachusetts, and Yarmouth, Massachusetts. The lake is connected to Nantucket Sound via the Bass River.

Scargo Tower

Scenic viewpoint

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Scargo Tower is a 30-foot-tall cobblestone tower located atop Scargo Hill in Dennis, Massachusetts on Cape Cod. Scargo Tower is situated 1½ miles north of Flax Pond.

Cape Cod Museum of Art

Museum

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Cape Cod Museum of Art is an art museum in the town of Dennis in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States in the center of the region Cape Cod. Cape Cod Museum of Art is situated 1½ miles north of Flax Pond.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dennis and Yarmouth.

Dennis is in Massachusetts on Cape Cod. It includes the villages of Dennis Port, East Dennis, South Dennis, and West Dennis. Dennis bills itself as the "Cultural Center of Cape Cod", and perhaps rightly so.

Yarmouth

Photo: ToddC4176, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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.

East Dennis

Hamlet

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East Dennis is a village and census-designated place in the town of Dennis in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. It was settled in the 1630s. As of the 2020 census, East Dennis had a population of 2,585. East Dennis is situated 2 miles northeast of Flax Pond.

Flax Pond

Type: Pond
Category: body of water
Location: Barnstable County, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.71637° or 41° 42′ 59″ north

Longitude

-70.18758° or 70° 11′ 15″ west

Elevation

30 feet (9 metres)

Open location code

87HFPR86+GX

OpenStreetMap ID

way 83185997

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=pond

GeoNames ID

4936895

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