Cape Cod Canal Access
Cape Cod Canal Access is a recreation area in Town of Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Cape Cod Canal Access is situated nearby to the power station Canal Generating Plant, as well as near the military installation U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Canal Generating Plant and Sandwich Glass Museum.
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 560 feet southwest of Cape Cod Canal Access.
Sandwich Glass Museum
Museum
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Sandwich Glass Museum is a town history museum in Sandwich, Massachusetts, featuring a wide range of rare glass, including Victorian era glass manufactured by the now defunct local Boston & Sandwich Glass Factory, founded in Sandwich by Deming Jarves in 1825. Sandwich Glass Museum is situated 1 mile southeast of Cape Cod Canal Access.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sandwich and Sagamore.
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.
Sagamore
Village
Sagamore Beach
Hamlet
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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 2 miles northwest of Cape Cod Canal Access.
Cape Cod Canal Access
- Type: Recreation area
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Town of Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.77146° or 41° 46′ 17″ northLongitude
-70.51116° or 70° 30′ 40″ westOpen location code
87HFQFCQ+HGOpenStreetMap ID
way 29699121OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=recreation_ground
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