Spectacle Pond
Spectacle Pond is a lake in Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Spectacle Pond is situated nearby to the hamlet Camp Burgess, as well as near Farmersville.Places of Interest
Highlights include Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Cape Cod and Benjamin Nye Homestead.
Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Cape Cod
Hospital
The Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Cape Cod is a rehabilitation hospital located in Sandwich, Massachusetts that serves both Cape Cod and the Islands. Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Cape Cod is situated 2 miles north of Spectacle Pond.
Benjamin Nye Homestead
Historic building
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The Benjamin Nye Homestead is a historic house museum in Sandwich, Massachusetts. The earliest portion of the 2.5-story timber-frame house was built in 1678 by Benjamin Nye, and has remained in the hands of his descendants for most of the time since then. Benjamin Nye Homestead is situated 2½ miles northeast of Spectacle Pond.
Cleveland Island
Island
Cleveland Island is a small heavily forested island located in Wakeby Pond in Mashpee, Massachusetts. It once belonged to president Grover Cleveland. Cleveland once said that Daniel Webster caught a trout near the island, and then "talked mighty strong and fine to that fish and told him what a mistake he had made, and that he would have been all right if he had left the bait alone. Cleveland Island is situated 2½ miles southwest of Spectacle Pond.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Forestdale and East Sandwich.
Forestdale
Hamlet
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Forestdale is a village and census-designated place within the town of Sandwich in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. The population of Forestdale was 4,099 at the 2010 census. Forestdale is situated 2½ miles west of Spectacle Pond.
East Sandwich
Hamlet
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East Sandwich is a village and census-designated place within the town of Sandwich in Barnstable County, Massachusetts. The population was 3,940 at the 2010 census. East Sandwich is situated 2½ miles north of Spectacle Pond.
Mashpee
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Mashpee is in Massachusetts on Cape Cod. It includes the village of New Seabury. Purchased in 1660 to be a reservation for the Wampanoag tribe and later revoked and incorporated as a town. Until the 1960s, Wampanoags made up the majority of the population.
Spectacle Pond
- Type: Lake
- Also known as: “Spectable Pond”
- Category: body of water
- Location: Barnstable County, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.70289° or 41° 42′ 10″ northLongitude
-70.45826° or 70° 27′ 30″ westElevation
62 feet (19 metres)Open location code
87HFPG3R+5MGeoNames ID
4951688
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