Sandwich in Barnstable County, Massachusetts — The American Northeast (New England)

Sagamore Hill Trail

Photographed by Bryan Simmons, July 2012

1. Sagamore Hill Trail Marker

Inscription. By looking at the present landscape, one can see into the past. Sagamore Hill is rich in cultural and natural history. What was once a Indian Council gathering place later became a World War II Coastal Military Installation. The land is now a mixture of field, forest, marsh, and swamp.

Come explore the features which comprise the story of Sagamore Hill. The trail to your left leads you to the summit of Sagamore Hill for a view of Cape Cod Bay and the Eastern section of Cape Cod Canal.

Erected by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Environment • Forts and Castles • Indigenous Peoples and Communities • War, World II.

Location. 41° 46.542′ N, 70° 31.066′ W. Marker is in Sandwich, Massachusetts, in Barnstable County. It can be reached from Scusset Beach Road, on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Sagamore Beach MA 02562, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on Massachusetts’ Cape Cod. It is also in the American Northeast and in New England. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: 241st Coast Artillery (approx. 0.3 miles away); Ready Rooms (approx. 0.3 miles away); Panama Mount (approx. 0.3 miles away); Changes Through Time

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(approx. 0.4 miles away); Tupper Family Homestead (approx. 0.6 miles away); Edmund Freeman Saddle & Pillion Burial Ground (approx. 0.6 miles away); Battle Of The Bulge (approx. 1½ miles away); Sandwich Civil War Monument (approx. 1½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Sandwich.

Also see . . . Sagamore Hill Military Reservation. (Submitted on July 8, 2012, by Bryan Simmons of Attleboro, Massachusetts.)

Photographed by Bryan Simmons, July 2012

2. Sagamore Hill Trail Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on July 8, 2012, by Bryan Simmons of Attleboro, Massachusetts. This page has been viewed 1,791 times since then and 57 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 8, 2012, by Bryan Simmons of Attleboro, Massachusetts. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.