Herring Run Recreational Area

Herring Run Recreational Area is a picnic site in Town of Bourne, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Herring Run Recreational Area is situated nearby to the cemetery Wampanoag Burial Site, as well as near Butterflies of Cape Cod.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sagamore Bridge and Bourne station.

Sagamore Bridge

Bridge

Photo: MattWade, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Sagamore Bridge in Sagamore, Massachusetts, carries Route 6 and the Claire Saltonstall Bikeway across the Cape Cod Canal, connecting Cape Cod with the mainland of Massachusetts. Sagamore Bridge is situated 1 mile east of Herring Run Recreational Area.

Bourne station

Railway station

Bourne station is a train station in Bourne, Massachusetts, served by the CapeFlyer. Bourne station is situated 2½ miles southwest of Herring Run Recreational Area.

Canal Generating Plant

Power station

The Canal Generating Plant is a petroleum and natural gas electrical power station in Sandwich, Massachusetts. Canal 1, a baseload unit, began operation in 1968 and was for many years the most efficient oil burning plant in the US. Canal Generating Plant is situated 2½ miles east of Herring Run Recreational Area.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bournedale and Sagamore.

Bournedale

Hamlet

Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Bournedale is a village in the town of Bourne in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, fronting Sagamore Beach, Buzzards Bay and the middle of the Cape Cod Canal.

Sagamore

Village

Photo: Faolin42, CC BY 3.0.

Sandwich is on Cape Cod in Massachusetts at the east end of the Cape Cod Canal, and includes the villages of East Sandwich and Forestdale. It is the oldest town on the Cape, settled in 1637.

Sagamore Beach

Hamlet

Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Sagamore Beach is a village on Cape Cod, in the town of Bourne, Massachusetts, United States. The northern half of the Sagamore census-designated place, Sagamore Beach faces Cape Cod Bay, and the Cape Cod Canal courses through it. Sagamore Beach is situated 2½ miles northeast of Herring Run Recreational Area.

Herring Run Recreational Area

Type: Picnic site
Category: tourism
Location: Town of Bourne, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.77357° or 41° 46′ 25″ north

Longitude

-70.56039° or 70° 33′ 37″ west

Open location code

87HFQCFQ+CR

OpenStreetMap ID

node 459926438

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=picnic_site

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Butterflies of Cape Cod and Burying Hill.

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