John Handy Conservation Area

John Handy Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Barnstable County, Massachusetts. John Handy Conservation Area is situated nearby to the hamlet Cataumet Station, as well as near South Pocasset.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Amrita Island and Massachusetts National Cemetery.

Amrita Island

Island

Amrita Island is a small inhabited island in Squeteague Harbor in the village of Cataumet in the town of Bourne, in Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Several residential homes are located on the island.

Massachusetts National Cemetery

Protected area

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Massachusetts National Cemetery is a U.S. National Cemetery located in Bourne, Massachusetts, in Barnstable County on Cape Cod, approximately 65 miles southeast of Boston, Massachusetts and adjacent to the Otis Air National Guard Base.

Bassetts Island

Island

Bassetts Island is a Y-shaped island within Pocasset Harbor and Red Brook Harbor, in Bourne, Massachusetts, United States. It is located between two peninsulas, Wings Neck to the north and Scraggy Neck to the south, and is geographically separated into four portions, the central, northeast, southeast, and the western.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pocasset and North Falmouth.

Pocasset

Village

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The village of Pocasset is a census-designated place in the town of Bourne in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, located on Buzzards Bay. As of the 2020 census, Pocasset had a population of 2,843.

North Falmouth

Village

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North Falmouth is a census-designated place in the town of Falmouth in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2020 census, North Falmouth had a population of 3,293.

Hatchville

Hamlet

Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Hatchville is a neighborhood within the town of Falmouth, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod, United States. The mailing address for the area is East Falmouth, to the south of Hatchville.

John Handy Conservation Area

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

41.6685° or 41° 40′ 7″ north

Longitude

-70.6093° or 70° 36′ 33″ west

Operator

Bourne Conservation Trust

Open location code

87HFM99R+C7

OpenStreetMap ID

way 29900598

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

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Satellite Map

Discover John Handy Conservation Area from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Cataumet Station and South Pocasset.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Cataumet Schoolhouse and Cataumet Grammer School Lot.

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