Clay Hole Road Woodlands

Clay Hole Road Woodlands is a nature reserve in Town of Orleans, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Clay Hole Road Woodlands is situated near the hamlet South Orleans, as well as near East Orleans.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Higgins Pond and Flax Pond.

Higgins Pond

Pond

Higgins Pond is a 25-acre kettle pond in Brewster, Massachusetts. It is located in Nickerson State Park. The Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife stocks the pond in spring with various trout species.

Flax Pond

Pond

Shubael Pond is a 48-acre kettle pond on Flax Pond Road in Nickerson State Park in Barnstable, Massachusetts. The pond has a popular swimming area and access for small boats or fishing is over that area.

Eldredge Park

Park

Photo: JonP125, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Eldredge Park is a baseball venue in Orleans, Massachusetts, home to the Orleans Firebirds of the Cape Cod Baseball League. The ballpark is located adjacent to Nauset Regional Middle School along Massachusetts Route 28.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Orleans and East Harwich.

Orleans

Photo: ToddC4176, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Orleans is in Massachusetts on Cape Cod, and includes the villages of East Orleans and South Orleans. With the Rock Harbor sunsets and the Nauset surf, Orleans has the best of both Cape Cod waters.

East Harwich

Village

Photo: Stephen Senter, CC BY-SA 3.0.

East Harwich is a census-designated place and village in the town of Harwich in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2020 census, East Harwich had a population of 5,250.

Namskaket

Hamlet

Namskaket was a Nauset village on or near Namskaket Creek in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, near the modern border between Brewster and Orleans. Native Americans sold the site to English colonists in 1644. It is now a village in Orleans.

Clay Hole Road Woodlands

Type: Nature reserve
Category: recreation area
Location: Town of Orleans, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.7504° or 41° 45′ 2″ north

Longitude

-69.9956° or 69° 59′ 44″ west

Open location code

87HGQ223+5Q

OpenStreetMap ID

way 29799888

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: South Orleans and East Orleans.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Eli Rogers Road Conservation Area and Wash Pond.

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