Orleans Water Supply Land

Orleans Water Supply Land is a forest in Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Access is restricted and requires permission. Orleans Water Supply Land is situated nearby to the hamlet South Orleans, as well as near East Orleans.

Places of Interest

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.

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.

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Orleans and Namskaket.

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.

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.

Orleans Water Supply Land

Access is restricted and requires permission.
Type: Forest
Category: drainage basin
Location: Barnstable County, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.7632° or 41° 45′ 48″ north

Longitude

-69.9938° or 69° 59′ 38″ west

Open location code

87HGQ274+7F

OpenStreetMap ID

way 29845264

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=reservoir_watershed

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as South Orleans and East Orleans.

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