Falmouth, Massachusetts

Falmouth, United States

Falmouth, Massachusetts shares 60 connections with 10115 other places across 12 topics, with many ties linking it to neighboring Cape Cod towns and the broader New England region. Nature and climate topics account for the largest share of those connections. The village of Woods Hole, within Falmouth, grounds a science cluster that includes the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, the Marine Biological Laboratory, and the Woodwell Climate Research Center. Falmouth was named by explorer Bartholomew Gosnold for Falmouth, Cornwall, his home port, and hosts a ferry terminal connecting the Cape to Martha's Vineyard.