Great Harbor
Great Harbor is a bay in Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Great Harbor is situated nearby to the hamlet Quissett, as well as near Racing Beach.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Bay
- Also known as: “Woods Hole”, “Woods Hole Harbor”, and “Woods Holl”
- Address: MA
Places of Interest
Highlights include Marine Biological Laboratory and Woods Hole School.
Marine Biological Laboratory
Research institute
Photo: Kzirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Marine Biological Laboratory is an academic research center for biological and environmental sciences at the University of Chicago. The center is located in Woods Hole, Massachusetts.
Woods Hole School
School building
The Woods Hole School is a historic school building at 24 School Street in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States within the town of Falmouth, Massachusetts.
Nonamesset Island
Island
Nonamesset Island is the most easterly of the Elizabeth Islands of Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States. The island has a land area of 1.398 km2 or 345.5 acres) and was uninhabited as of the 2000 census.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Woods Hole and Falmouth.
Woods Hole
Photo: BenFrantzDale, Public domain.
The village of Woods Hole administratively belongs to the town of Falmouth, in the Upper Cape area of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Woods Hole has a great natural harbor and was once a fishing and whaling center but now is known for its beautiful beaches, sport fishing, quaint shops and marine research facilities.
Falmouth
Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Falmouth is a town in Massachusetts on Cape Cod's southwest corner. It includes the villages of Woods Hole, West Falmouth, North Falmouth, Hatchville, Silver Beach, East Falmouth, Teaticket, and Waquoit. It is the Cape's second most populous town.
West Chop
Hamlet
Photo: Bruce Tuten, CC BY 2.0.
West Chop is a residential area located in the town of Tisbury, Massachusetts on the north end of the island of Martha's Vineyard. It is a peninsula surrounded on the north and west by Vineyard Sound and on the east by Vineyard Haven Harbor.
Great Harbor
- Category: body of water
- Location: Barnstable County, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.52563° or 41° 31′ 32″ northLongitude
-70.67971° or 70° 40′ 47″ westOpen location code
87HFG8GC+74OpenStreetMap ID
node 368984745OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bayGeoNames ID
4938185
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