Shawme-Crowell State Forest

Shawme-Crowell State Forest is a recreation area in Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Shawme-Crowell State Forest is situated nearby to the nature reserve Sandwich Game Farm, as well as near Hoxie Pond.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Benjamin Nye Homestead and Riverview School.

Benjamin Nye Homestead

Historic building

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The Benjamin Nye Homestead is a historic house museum in Sandwich, Massachusetts. The earliest portion of the 2.5-story timber-frame house was built in 1678 by Benjamin Nye, and has remained in the hands of his descendants for most of the time since then. Benjamin Nye Homestead is situated 2,300 feet south of Shawme-Crowell State Forest.

Riverview School

School

Riverview School is a private boarding/day school for students, ages 11–22, with complex language, learning, and cognitive challenges located on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, United States. Riverview School is situated 3,200 feet east of Shawme-Crowell State Forest.

Wing Fort House

Museum

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Wing Fort House is a historic house at Spring Hill Road in East Sandwich, Massachusetts, located within the Spring Hill Historic District. It was built in 1641 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. Wing Fort House is situated 2 miles northwest of Shawme-Crowell State Forest.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include East Sandwich and West Barnstable.

East Sandwich

Hamlet

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East Sandwich is a village and census-designated place within the town of Sandwich in Barnstable County, Massachusetts. As of the 2020 census, East Sandwich had a population of 3,669.

West Barnstable

Village

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West Barnstable is a seaside village in the northwestern part of the town of Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. Once devoted to agricultural pursuits, West Barnstable now is largely residential and historic. West Barnstable is situated 3½ miles southeast of Shawme-Crowell State Forest.

Sandwich

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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.

Shawme-Crowell State Forest

Type: Recreation area
Categories: forest, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Barnstable County, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.73515° or 41° 44′ 7″ north

Longitude

-70.4309° or 70° 25′ 51″ west

Open location code

87HFPHP9+3J

OpenStreetMap ID

way 29699003

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=forest

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=recreation_ground

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