New England
Massachusetts
Barnstable County

Pleasant Bay

Pleasant Bay is a bay of the Atlantic Ocean just north of the "elbow" of in . It is bounded on the east by a long peninsula and a barrier island, and harbors 7,825 acres of saltwater when the tide is in.
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  • Type: Bay
  • Description: Orleans, Massachusetts, United States
  • Also known as: “Pleasant Bay, Cape Cod”
  • Address: MA

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Orleans and Chatham.

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

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is at the "elbow" of in , and includes the villages of North , South and West . Its beautiful beaches, harbors, coastal scenes and its interesting village shops make it a popular day-trip destination as well as a top-notch vacation area.

Hamlet
was a Nauset village on or near Creek in Barnstable County, , near the modern border between and . Native Americans sold the site to English colonists in 1644. It is now a village in Orleans.

Pleasant Bay

Latitude
41.74372° or 41° 44′ 37″ north
Longitude
-69.95585° or 69° 57′ 21″ west
Open location code
87HGP2VV+FM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 368984753
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­bay
Geo­Names ID
4947514
Wiki­data ID
Q7203768
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