Great Hollow Beach

Great Hollow Beach is a recreation area in Town of Truro, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Great Hollow Beach is situated nearby to the peak Corn Hill, as well as near Great Swamp.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Old North Cemetery and Truro Town Hall.

Old North Cemetery

Cemetery

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The Old North Cemetery is the oldest cemetery in Truro, Massachusetts. The cemetery, formerly the Old North Graveyard, was established in 1713 on the Hill of Storms where the first church in Truro was built in 1709. Old North Cemetery is situated 1 mile northeast of Great Hollow Beach.

Truro Town Hall

Town hall

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Truro Town Hall, formerly Union Hall, is the town hall of Truro, Massachusetts. It is located on Town Hall Road, east of Massachusetts Route 6. The two story wood-frame building was built in 1848 to serve as a meeting place for several fraternal organizations, including the International Order of Odd Fellows and the Sons of Temperance. Truro Town Hall is situated 1½ miles southeast of Great Hollow Beach.

Highland Light

Museum

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The Highland Light is an active lighthouse on the Cape Cod National Seashore in North Truro, Massachusetts. The current tower was erected in 1857, replacing two earlier towers that had been built in 1797 and 1831. Highland Light is situated 2½ miles northeast of Great Hollow Beach.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Truro and Long Point.

Truro

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Truro is a town in Massachusetts on Cape Cod and includes the village of North Truro. Truro has great unspoiled natural beauty and beaches with high sandy cliffs on the ocean side.

Long Point

Locality

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Long Point is a spit of land located in Provincetown, Massachusetts, at the extreme tip of Cape Cod, where the peninsula curls back in on itself to form Provincetown Harbor. Long Point is situated 5 miles west of Great Hollow Beach.

Wellfleet

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Wellfleet is in Massachusetts on Cape Cod and includes the village of South Wellfleet. Its name is believed to be derived from "whale fleet". A quaint rural feel exists to Wellfleet.

Great Hollow Beach

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

42.01016° or 42° 0′ 37″ north

Longitude

-70.0825° or 70° 4′ 57″ west

Open location code

87JF2W69+32

OpenStreetMap ID

way 29800819

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=recreation_ground

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