Mashpee

Points of Interest
Lowell Holly Reservation, Wampanoag Indian Museum, Indian Meetinghouse, New Seabury, South Cape Beach & State Park, Mashpee River Woodlands trails, Nantucket Sound.

• More info below: About, History, Beaches

About Mashpee
Mashpee (including New Seabury and Popponesset) has a unique history, firmly rooted in its Native American Wampanoag background. It has experienced steady but sustainable growth over the past few years. With Popponesset Marketplace, Vineyard and Nantucket Sound beaches, several parks and wildlife sanctuaries, and the Boch Center for the Performing Arts, Mashpee has something for everyone.

History
Mashpee's history is firmly planted in its Native American background. In 1660, a seemingly civic-minded citizen, Richard Bourne, bought a tract of land and promptly set it aside for Native Americans. Known as the Mashpee Plantation, this was the first Reservation in the United States. It was Bourne's intent that this land be set aside for Native Americans to be their home "forever". What a short time forever is. The settlers decided that the Native Americans needed to learn about their god and become "civilized" and so on May 28, 1870, Mashpee was founded as a town.

Beaches
South Cape Beach, at the end of Great Oak Rd. from great Neck Rd. off the rotary.
Fresh Water: Attaquin Park - Mashpee/Wakeby Pond, Lake Ave. John's Pond, Hooppole Rd.

Drive "Up-Cape" (Falmouth)

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Drive "Down-Cape" (Barnstable/Hyannis)