Wash Pond

Wash Pond is a pond in Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Wash Pond is situated nearby to the hamlet South Orleans, as well as near East Orleans.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Higgins Pond and French Cable Station.

Higgins Pond

Pond

Higgins Pond is a 25-acre kettle pond in Brewster, Massachusetts. It is located in Nickerson State Park. The Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife stocks the pond in spring with various trout species.

French Cable Station

Museum

Photo: Faolin42, CC BY 3.0.

The French Cable Station is a historic telegraph station on the southeast corner of Cove Road and MA 28 in Orleans, Massachusetts. It was built in 1891 by the French Cable Company, which was installing numerous cables in Cape Cod throughout the late 19th century. French Cable Station is situated 2½ miles north of Wash Pond.

Eldredge Park

Park

Photo: JonP125, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Eldredge Park is a baseball venue in Orleans, Massachusetts, home to the Orleans Firebirds of the Cape Cod Baseball League. The ballpark is located adjacent to Nauset Regional Middle School along Massachusetts Route 28. Eldredge Park is situated 2 miles north of Wash Pond.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Orleans and Namskaket.

Orleans

Photo: ToddC4176, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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. Namskaket is situated 3 miles north of Wash Pond.

East Harwich

Village

Photo: Stephen Senter, CC BY-SA 3.0.

East Harwich is a census-designated place and village in the town of Harwich in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2020 census, East Harwich had a population of 5,250. East Harwich is situated 4 miles southwest of Wash Pond.

Wash Pond

Type: Pond
Category: body of water
Location: Barnstable County, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.75406° or 41° 45′ 15″ north

Longitude

-69.99677° or 69° 59′ 48″ west

Elevation

13 feet (4 metres)

Open location code

87HGQ233+J7

OpenStreetMap ID

way 82282580

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=pond

GeoNames ID

4954546

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