Orleans, Massachusetts

Orleans, United States

Orleans, Massachusetts shares 32 connections with 5267 other places across 8 topics, spanning military history, transportation, and natural heritage. The town holds two rare military distinctions: an 1814 raid led by Frederick Marryat was the last combat in New England during the War of 1812, and a 1918 shelling of its coastline was the first foreign artillery strike on United States soil since 1848. Routes 6A and 28 terminate at the Eastham-Orleans town line, making it a transportation hub for Cape Cod neighbors Chatham and Yarmouth.

Massachusetts Route 39

Connects Orleans, Massachusetts to: Harwich, Massachusetts | Harwich Center, Massachusetts

Cape Cod National Seashore

Connects Orleans, Massachusetts to: Northeastern United States | Truro, Massachusetts | Chatham, Massachusetts | Wellfleet, Massachusetts | Eastham, Massachusetts

Dexter Keezer

Connects Orleans, Massachusetts to: London, England | Massachusetts | Colorado | North Carolina | Oregon

Massachusetts Route 6A

Connects Orleans, Massachusetts to: Yarmouth, Massachusetts | Bourne, Massachusetts | Truro, Massachusetts | Sandwich, Massachusetts | Chatham, Massachusetts

Bombardment of Ellwood

Connects Orleans, Massachusetts to: United States | California | Los Angeles, California | Australia | Japan

Frederick Marryat

Connects Orleans, Massachusetts to: United States | London, England | Canada | Australia | Oxford, England

plant hardiness zone

Connects Orleans, Massachusetts to: Truro, Massachusetts | Chatham, Massachusetts | Warminster Township, Pennsylvania | Rodanthe, North Carolina | Solebury Township, Pennsylvania

Massachusetts Route 28

Connects Orleans, Massachusetts to: Dorchester, Boston | Andover, Massachusetts | Lawrence, Massachusetts | Milton, Massachusetts | Yarmouth, Massachusetts

Nomar Garciaparra

Connects Orleans, Massachusetts to: United States | California | Los Angeles, California | Chicago, Illinois | Boston, Massachusetts

Plymouth Colony

Connects Orleans, Massachusetts to: Massachusetts | New Jersey | New England | Nevis | Holyoke, Massachusetts

Pilgrims (Plymouth Colony)

Connects Orleans, Massachusetts to: London, England | India | Spain | Virginia | Netherlands

open town meeting

Connects Orleans, Massachusetts to: Brookline, Massachusetts | Bennington, Vermont | Williamstown, Massachusetts | Concord, Massachusetts | Milton, Massachusetts

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