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West Falmouth is located in the west-central part of the town of Falmouth at (41.599628, -70.637812). [7] It is bordered to the north by North Falmouth, to the east by Massachusetts Route 28, to the south by Little Sippewisset Marsh, and to the west by Buzzards Bay.
Woods Hole is to the southwest, and West Falmouth is to the northwest. Massachusetts Route 28 (Palmer Avenue and Main Street) is the main road through the community. According to the United States Census Bureau , the CDP has a total area of 2.2 square miles (5.8 km 2 ), of which 2.1 square miles (5.4 km 2 ) is land, and 0.15 square miles (0.4 ...
The Shining Sea Bikeway passes close to the center of West Falmouth Village, providing access to the beautiful Great Sippewissett Marsh to the south and the historic 1775 Bourne Farm and cranberry bogs to the north. Chapoquoit Beach, a Falmouth public beach, is also close to the center of West Falmouth Village. [5]
East Falmouth is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Falmouth in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. It is located at the base of Massachusetts' "fishhook" peninsula (see map at right). The population was 6,038 at the 2010 census, [2] making East Falmouth the most populous of the six CDPs in Falmouth.
U.S. Route 6 (US 6) in Massachusetts is a 117.952-mile-long (189.825 km) portion of the cross-country route connecting Providence, Rhode Island, to Fall River, New Bedford, and Cape Cod. In the Fall River and New Bedford areas, US 6 parallels Interstate 195 (I-195). On Cape Cod, US 6 is a highway interconnecting the towns of the area.
The north end of the Shining Sea Bikeway is located in North Falmouth at the former site of the North Falmouth Railroad Station. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 6.6 square miles (17.1 km 2), of which 3.9 square miles (10.1 km 2) is land, and 2.7 square miles (7.0 km 2) (40.98%) is water. [2]
Falmouth is approximately 14 miles (23 km) south of the Bourne Bridge, 22 miles (35 km) west of Barnstable, and 77 miles (124 km) south-southeast of Boston. Falmouth's topography is similar to the rest of Cape Cod's, with many small ponds, creeks, and inlets surrounded by the pines and oaks of the Cape and often rocky beachfront.
North Harwich has many cranberry bogs. [2] U.S. Route 6 travels through the area. Great Western Road connects the towns of Dennis, Harwich and Yarmouth.There have been many new developments being constructed in this once isolated part of town, beginning in the late 1980s and continuing into the 2020s.