The Spindle
The Spindle is an island in Barnstable County, Massachusetts. The Spindle is situated nearby to the neighborhood Hyannis Park, as well as near the hamlet West Hyannisport.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Point Gammon Light and Hyannis Rear Range Light.
Point Gammon Light
Lighthouse
The Point Gammon Light was a lighthouse that stood on its eponymous point at the south end of Great Island in West Yarmouth, Massachusetts, on the east side of Lewis Bay and the entrance to Hyannis Harbor.
Hyannis Rear Range Light
Lighthouse
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Hyannis Rear Range Light, also known as the Hyannis Harbor Light, was a lighthouse and, for part of its life, one of a pair of range lights adjacent to Hyannis Harbor.
Hyannisport Club
Golf course
The Hyannisport Club is a private club located in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. The club's origins spring from a late 19th century summer resident and golf enthusiast named John Reid who created a handful of holes against Nantucket Sound.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hyannis and Craigville.
Hyannis
Photo: DidiCast, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hyannis is a village of Barnstable in Massachusetts on Cape Cod. It is the major commercial center including several malls and the regional air, bus and ferry terminals. It is most famous, however, for being the hometown of the Kennedy family.
Craigville
Hamlet
Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Craigville is a part of the village of Centerville in Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States. Craigville consists of the Craigville Beach area.
West Yarmouth
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
West Yarmouth is a census-designated place in the town of Yarmouth in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 6,012 at the 2010 census.
The Spindle
- Type: Island
- Also known as: “Gardiners Rock”
- Categories: locality and landform
- Location: Barnstable County, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.61622° or 41° 36′ 58″ northLongitude
-70.28474° or 70° 17′ 5″ westOpen location code
87HFJP88+F4OpenStreetMap ID
node 358275851OpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
4951720
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