Highland Center Overlook

Highland Center Overlook is a scenic viewpoint in Town of Truro, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Highland Center Overlook is situated nearby to the historic site North Truro Air Force Station, as well as near the power station Central Heating Plant.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include North Truro Air Force Station and Jenny Lind Tower.

North Truro Air Force Station

Historic site

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North Truro Air Force Station is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is located 2.2 mi east of North Truro, Massachusetts. North Truro Air Force Station is situated 640 feet south of Highland Center Overlook.

Jenny Lind Tower

Tower

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The Jenny Lind Tower is a stone tower located in North Truro, Massachusetts. It is named after the 19th-century opera singer Jenny Lind, who is rumored to have climbed the tower when it was located in Boston to prevent a riot among people who were unable to attend her concert. Jenny Lind Tower is situated 1,000 feet northwest of Highland Center Overlook.

Highland Light

Museum

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The Highland Light is an active lighthouse on the Cape Cod National Seashore in North Truro, Massachusetts. The current tower was erected in 1857, replacing two earlier towers that had been built in 1797 and 1831. Highland Light is situated 3,500 feet northwest of Highland Center Overlook.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Truro and Long Point.

Truro

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Truro is a town in Massachusetts on Cape Cod and includes the village of North Truro. Truro has great unspoiled natural beauty and beaches with high sandy cliffs on the ocean side.

Long Point

Locality

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Long Point is a spit of land located in Provincetown, Massachusetts, at the extreme tip of Cape Cod, where the peninsula curls back in on itself to form Provincetown Harbor. Long Point is situated 6 miles west of Highland Center Overlook.

Highland Center Overlook

Type: Scenic viewpoint
Category: tourism
Location: Town of Truro, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.03265° or 42° 1′ 58″ north

Longitude

-70.05251° or 70° 3′ 9″ west

Open location code

87JF2WMW+3X

OpenStreetMap ID

node 2021022907

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=viewpoint

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Nearby Places

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