Popponesset Peninsula is a spit of land in Cape Cod, Massachusetts which extends from the southwestern shore of Popponesset Bay and separates it from Nantucket Sound.
The peninsula is now significantly shorter than seen in the Barnstable County survey of 1880. Portions of the shore have been stabilized with riprap to deter further erosion. Most of this work was done immediately after Hurricane Bob which in 1992 had opened an inlet through the beach. Much of the peninsula is occupied by Popponesset Beach and the remainder is largely residential. The peninsula is home to conservation projects that prevent disturbance of the piping plover - an endangered species of bird. At one point there was also a small convenience store on the beach whose remains can still be seen on the beach in the form of four large pilings driven into the sand.
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- Billingsgate Island
- Carr Island
- E. Howe Forbush
- Egg Rock
- Grace A. Robson
- J.C. Phillips
- Knight
- Penikese Island
- Ram Island (Salisbury)
- Ram Island (Mattapoisett)
- Susan B. Minns
- Tarpaulin Cove
- Watatic Mountain
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- Black Pond Bog
- Boat Meadow
- Francis Newhall Woods
- Grassy Pond
- Greene Swamp
- Halfway Pond Island
- Hawley Bog
- Hockomock Swamp
- Hoft Farm
- Homer-Watcha Preserve
- Katama Plains
- McElwain-Olsen
- Miacomet Moors
- Reed Brook
- Drury
- Sandy Neck
- David H. Smith Preserve and Fire Trail
- Stacy Mountain
- Tatkon
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- Allens Pond
- Arcadia
- Ashumet Holly
- Attleboro Springs
- Barnstable Great Marsh
- Blue Hills Trailside Museum
- Boston Nature Center
- Broad Meadow Brook
- Broadmoor
- Burncoat Pond
- Canoe Meadows
- Daniel Webster
- Drumlin Farm
- Eagle Lake
- Eastern Point
- Endicott
- Felix Neck
- Flat Rock
- Graves Farm
- Great Neck
- Habitat
- High Ledges
- Ipswich River
- Joppa Flats
- Kettle Island
- Lake Wampanoag
- Laughing Brook
- Lime Kiln Farm
- Lincoln Woods
- Long Pasture
- Lynes Woods
- Marblehead Neck
- Moose Hill
- Museum of American Bird Art
- Nahant Thicket
- Nashoba Brook
- North Hill Marsh
- North River
- Oak Knoll
- Pierpont Meadow
- Pleasant Valley
- Poor Farm Hill
- Richardson Brook
- Road's End
- Rough Meadows
- Rutland Brook
- Sampsons Island
- Sesachacha Heathlands
- Skunknett River
- Stony Brook
- Wachusett Meadow
- Waseeka
- Wellfleet Bay
- Wildwood Camp
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Coordinates: 41°35′00″N 70°27′11″W / 41.5833°N 70.4531°W / 41.5833; -70.4531