Southwest Beach
Southwest Beach is a beach in Town of Bourne, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Southwest Beach is situated nearby to the hamlet Cataumet, as well as near Amrita.Places of Interest
Highlights include Wing’s Neck Light and Bassetts Island.
Wing’s Neck Light
Lighthouse
Photo: Bruce Tuten, CC BY 2.0.
The Wing's Neck Light is a historic lighthouse in the Pocasset village of Bourne, Massachusetts. It is located on Wing's Neck Road at the end of Wing's Neck, a peninsula between Pocasset Harbor and the Hog Island Channel, which provides access to the Cape Cod Canal.
Bassetts Island
Island
Bassetts Island is a Y-shaped island within Pocasset Harbor and Red Brook Harbor, in Bourne, Massachusetts, United States. It is located between two peninsulas, Wings Neck to the north and Scraggy Neck to the south, and is geographically separated into four portions, the central, northeast, southeast, and the western.
Amrita Island
Island
Amrita Island is a small inhabited island in Squeteague Harbor in the village of Cataumet in the town of Bourne, in Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Several residential homes are located on the island. Amrita Island is situated 1½ miles east of Southwest Beach.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include North Falmouth and Pocasset.
North Falmouth
Village
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North Falmouth is a census-designated place in the town of Falmouth in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2020 census, North Falmouth had a population of 3,293. North Falmouth is situated 2 miles southeast of Southwest Beach.
Pocasset
Village
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The village of Pocasset is a census-designated place in the town of Bourne in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, located on Buzzards Bay. As of the 2020 census, Pocasset had a population of 2,843. Pocasset is situated 2½ miles northeast of Southwest Beach.
West Falmouth
Village
West Falmouth is a census-designated place in the town of Falmouth in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2020 census, West Falmouth had a population of 1,812. West Falmouth is situated 4 miles south of Southwest Beach.
Southwest Beach
- Type: Beach
- Category: landform
- Location: Town of Bourne, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.66261° or 41° 39′ 45″ northLongitude
-70.64948° or 70° 38′ 58″ westElevation
7 feet (2 metres)Open location code
87HFM972+26OpenStreetMap ID
node 358274669OpenStreetMap feature
natural=beach
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In Other Languages
“Southwest Beach” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Southwest Beach (lapyahan sa Estados Unidos)”
- Cebuano: “Southwest Beach”
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