Great Swamp
Great Swamp is in Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Great Swamp is situated nearby to the hamlet Pond Village, as well as near North Truro.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Old North Cemetery and Highland Light.
Old North Cemetery
Cemetery
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The Old North Cemetery is the oldest cemetery in Truro, Massachusetts. The cemetery, formerly the Old North Graveyard, was established in 1713 on the Hill of Storms where the first church in Truro was built in 1709.
Highland Light
Museum
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The Highland Light is an active lighthouse on the Cape Cod National Seashore in North Truro, Massachusetts. The current tower was erected in 1857, replacing two earlier towers that had been built in 1797 and 1831.
Highland House
Museum
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The Highland House is a historic hotel building, now serving as a museum, located at 6 Highland Light Road within the Cape Cod National Seashore in Truro, Massachusetts.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Truro and Long Point.
Truro
Truro is a town in Massachusetts on Cape Cod and includes the village of North Truro. Truro has great unspoiled natural beauty and beaches with high sandy cliffs on the ocean side.
Long Point
Locality
Long Point is a peninsula located in Provincetown, Massachusetts, United States, at the extreme tip of Cape Cod, as it curls back in on itself to create Provincetown Harbor. Long Point is situated 4½ miles west of Great Swamp.
Wellfleet
Photo: MattWade, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wellfleet is in Massachusetts on Cape Cod and includes the village of South Wellfleet. Its name is believed to be derived from "whale fleet". A quaint rural feel exists to Wellfleet.
Great Swamp
- Type: Wetland
- Address: MA
- Category: body of water
- Location: Barnstable County, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.01878° or 42° 1′ 8″ northLongitude
-70.08267° or 70° 4′ 58″ westElevation
69 feet (21 metres)Open location code
87JF2W98+GWOpenStreetMap ID
node 368984738OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wetlandGeoNames ID
4938272
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