Soldiers Monument

Soldiers Monument is a historic site in Town of Orleans, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Soldiers Monument is situated nearby to Orleans Town Hall, as well as near Orleans Cemetery.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include French Cable Station and Eldredge Park.

French Cable Station

Museum

Photo: Faolin42, CC BY 3.0.

The French Cable Station is a historic telegraph station on the southeast corner of Cove Road and MA 28 in Orleans, Massachusetts. It was built in 1891 by the French Cable Company, which was installing numerous cables in Cape Cod throughout the late 19th century. French Cable Station is situated 2,700 feet northwest of Soldiers Monument.

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.

Nauset Beach

Beach

Nauset Beach is a public beach on the east coast of outer Cape Cod in Orleans, Massachusetts, which extends south from a point opposite Nauset Bay to the mouth of Chatham Harbor. Nauset Beach is situated 2½ miles east of Soldiers Monument.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Orleans and Namskaket.

Orleans

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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.

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. Namskaket is situated 2 miles west of Soldiers Monument.

Eastham

Photo: Faolin42, CC BY 3.0.

Eastham is a town of 5,800 people in Massachusetts on Cape Cod, and includes the village of North Eastham. Eastham is home to some beautiful bay and ocean beaches, most notably Coast Guard Beach and Nauset Lighthouse Beach, as well as several fresh water kettle ponds.

Soldiers Monument

Type: Historic site
Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
Location: Town of Orleans, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.78326° or 41° 46′ 60″ north

Longitude

-69.97994° or 69° 58′ 48″ west

Open location code

87HGQ2MC+82

OpenStreetMap ID

way 29844170

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=yes

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