Falmouth Gate
Falmouth Gate is a security checkpoint in Town of Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Falmouth Gate is situated nearby to the security checkpoint Otis Air National Guard Base Main Gate, as well as near the nature reserve Conservation Land.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod and Upper Cape Regional Transfer Station.
Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod
Government office
Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod is a United States Coast Guard Air Station located at Otis Air National Guard Base in Mashpee, Massachusetts and serves the Northeast U.S. from Canada to New York It was established in 1970. Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod is situated 1½ miles northeast of Falmouth Gate.
Upper Cape Regional Transfer Station
Transfer station
The Upper Cape Regional Transfer Station is a municipal waste transfer facility located within Joint Base Cape Cod. The facility is within the town limits of Falmouth, but on state-owned land at the southern end of the military base, and is about a mile west of the Falmouth entrance gate. Upper Cape Regional Transfer Station is situated 3,500 feet west of Falmouth Gate.
Camp Edwards
Military installation
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Camp Edwards is a United States military training installation located in western Cape Cod in Barnstable County, Massachusetts. It was named after Major General Clarence Edwards, commander of the 26th Division in World War I. Camp Edwards is situated 2 miles northwest of Falmouth Gate.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hatchville and Mashpee.
Hatchville
Hamlet
Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hatchville is a neighborhood within the town of Falmouth, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod, United States. The mailing address for the area is East Falmouth, to the south of Hatchville. Hatchville is situated 1½ miles southwest of Falmouth Gate.
Mashpee
Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Forestdale
Hamlet
Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Forestdale is a village and census-designated place within the town of Sandwich in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2020 census, Forestdale had a population of 4,116. Forestdale is situated 4 miles northeast of Falmouth Gate.
Falmouth Gate
- Type: Security checkpoint
- Categories: building and military installation
- Location: Town of Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.64708° or 41° 38′ 50″ northLongitude
-70.54154° or 70° 32′ 30″ westOpen location code
87HFJFW5+R9OpenStreetMap ID
way 1220096545OpenStreetMap feature
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military=checkpoint
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Highlights include Otis Air National Guard Base Main Gate and Conservation Land.
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