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Cape Cod Geographic Facts

Updated December 19, 2006

The Commission's Geographic Information System department has access to sets of data from many sources across the region. Here we offer some frequently sought geographic facts about Cape Cod, Massachusetts:

• Population: 228,683 (US Census estimate, April 2005)

• County: 1 - Barnstable County (see Web site)

• Towns: 15 municipalities (see map) - Barnstable, Bourne, Brewster, Chatham, Dennis, Eastham, Falmouth, Harwich, Mashpee, Orleans, Provincetown, Sandwich, Truro, Wellfleet, and Yarmouth

• Total Area: 412 square miles (396 square miles is upland)

• Highest Point of Land: Pine Hill in Bourne, 306 feet above sea level

• Deepest Pond: Mashpee-Wakeby Pond, 95 feet deep

• Largest Freshwater Feature (in surface area): Long Pond in Brewster and Harwich, 743 acres

• Number of Ponds:

  Town	Total	Greater than 10 acres (surface area)
  Barnstable	184	27
  Bourne	73	7
  Brewster	76	22
  Chatham	44	7
  Dennis	57	6
  Eastham	23	5
  Falmouth	142	23
  Harwich	63	20
  Mashpee	56	9
  Orleans	63	4
  Provincetown	31	3
  Sandwich	63	10
  Truro	20	4
  Wellfleet	29	8
  Yarmouth	70	10
  TOTAL:	994	165