Town of Orleans

Town of Orleans is a locality in Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Town of Orleans is situated nearby to the hamlet East Orleans, as well as near South Orleans.

Places of Interest

Highlights include French Cable Station and Eldredge Park.

French Cable Station

Museum

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The French Cable Station is a historic telegraph station on the southeast corner of Cove Road and MA 28 in Orleans, Massachusetts. It was built in 1891 by the French Cable Company, which was installing numerous cables in Cape Cod throughout the late 19th century.

Eldredge Park

Park

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Eldredge Park is a baseball venue in Orleans, Massachusetts, home to the Orleans Firebirds of the Cape Cod Baseball League. The ballpark is located adjacent to Nauset Regional Middle School along Massachusetts Route 28.

Nauset Beach

Beach

Nauset Beach is a public beach on the east coast of outer Cape Cod in Orleans, Massachusetts, which extends south from a point opposite Nauset Bay to the mouth of Chatham Harbor.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Orleans and Namskaket.

Orleans

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Orleans is in Massachusetts on Cape Cod, and includes the villages of East Orleans and South Orleans. With the Rock Harbor sunsets and the Nauset surf, Orleans has the best of both Cape Cod waters.

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 3 miles northwest of Town of Orleans.

Town of Orleans

Type: Locality with 5,850 residents
Location: Barnstable County, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.7668° or 41° 46′ 0″ north

Longitude

-69.9647° or 69° 57′ 53″ west

Population

5,850

Elevation

49 feet (15 metres)

Open location code

87HGQ28P+P4

GeoNames ID

4946416

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