Pesthouse Pond

Pesthouse Pond is a nature reserve in Nantucket, Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Pesthouse Pond is situated nearby to the hamlet Shimmo, as well as near Monomoy.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Brant Point Light and Nantucket Whaling Museum.

Brant Point Light

Lighthouse

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Brant Point Light is a lighthouse located on Nantucket Island. The station was established in 1746, automated in 1965, and is still in operation. The current tower was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 28, 1987; it has the distinction of being the tenth light on the point, in addition to several range lights.

Nantucket Whaling Museum

Museum

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The Nantucket Whaling Museum is a museum located in Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States. It is run by the Nantucket Historical Association. The Whaling Museum is the flagship site of the Nantucket Historical Association’s fleet of properties.

Jethro Coffin House

Museum

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The Oldest House on Sunset Hill, also known as the Jethro Coffin House, was built in 1686 and is believed to be the oldest residence on Nantucket still on its original site.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nantucket and Shawkemo.

Nantucket

Town

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Nantucket is an island in Massachusetts, United States, about 30 miles south of the Cape Cod peninsula. Together with the small islands of Tuckernuck and Muskeget, it constitutes the Town and County of Nantucket, a combined county/town government.

Shawkemo

Hamlet

Shawkemo is a village in Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States. Its elevation is 16 feet. The name Shawkemo is an Indian word meaning "middle field of land". Shawkemo lies 4 miles west-northwest of Siasconset.

Polpis

Hamlet

Polpis is a village in Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States. Its elevation is 7 feet. The different spellings of its name led the Board on Geographic Names to designate its official spelling in 1900. The community lies 3.5 miles northwest of Siasconset.

Pesthouse Pond

Type: Nature reserve
Category: recreation area
Location: Nantucket, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.2834° or 41° 17′ 0″ north

Longitude

-70.0765° or 70° 4′ 35″ west

Open location code

87HF7WMF+9C

OpenStreetMap ID

way 29800147

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

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