Herring Brook

Herring Brook is a stream in Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Herring Brook is situated nearby to the locality First Encounter Beach, as well as near Kingsbury Beach.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Eastham Public Library and Bridge Road Cemetery.

Eastham Public Library

Library

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Eastham Public Library is the public library of Eastham, Massachusetts that has been serving the community for over 130 years. It provides a collection of print, non-print, and electronic resources for the community.

Bridge Road Cemetery

Cemetery

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The Bridge Road Cemetery is an historic cemetery on Bridge Road in Eastham, Massachusetts. It is a roughly 1.4-acre rectangular parcel on the west side of Bridge Road.

Salt Pond Visitor Center

Tourism office

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Salt Pond Visitor Center is a tourism office, which is situated 1½ miles east of Herring Brook.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Eastham and North Eastham.

Eastham

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Eastham is a town of 5,800 people in Massachusetts on Cape Cod, and includes the village of North Eastham. Eastham is home to some beautiful bay and ocean beaches, most notably Coast Guard Beach and Nauset Lighthouse Beach, as well as several fresh water kettle ponds.

North Eastham

Hamlet

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North Eastham is a census-designated place in the town of Eastham in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2020 census, North Eastham had a population of 2,296. North Eastham is situated 2½ miles north of Herring Brook.

Namskaket

Hamlet

Namskaket was a Nauset village on or near Namskaket Creek in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, near the modern border between Brewster and Orleans. Native Americans sold the site to English colonists in 1644. It is now a village in Orleans. Namskaket is situated 2½ miles south of Herring Brook.

Herring Brook

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

41.82983° or 41° 49′ 47″ north

Longitude

-70.00391° or 70° 0′ 14″ west

Elevation

10 feet (3 metres)

Open location code

87HFRXHW+WC

GeoNames ID

4939319

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