Sampson Island
Sampson Island is an island in Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Sampson Island is situated nearby to the hamlet South Orleans, as well as near East Orleans.- Type: Island
- Description: island in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States
- Also known as: “Sampsons Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Nauset Beach.
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.
Chatham
Photo: MattWade, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Chatham is at the "elbow" of Cape Cod in Massachusetts, and includes the villages of North Chatham, South Chatham and West Chatham. 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.
Sampson Island
- Categories: locality and landform
- Location: Barnstable County, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.75428° or 41° 45′ 15″ northLongitude
-69.94752° or 69° 56′ 51″ westElevation
7 feet (2 metres)Open location code
87HGQ332+PXOpenStreetMap ID
node 358275169OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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In Other Languages
“Sampson Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Sampson Island”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as South Orleans and East Orleans.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Sampson Island and Sampson Island Marshes.
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