page_title: Sandwich, Massachusetts
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Sandwich, Massachusetts / Geography
caption_attribution_description: English: Cape Cod Canal by Sandwich, Massachusetts
context_page_description: Sandwich is a town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, the oldest town on Cape Cod. The town motto is Post tot Naufracia Portus, "after so many shipwrecks, a haven". The population was 20,675 at the 2010 census.
context_section_description: According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 44.2 square miles (114.5 km²), of which 42.7 square miles (110.7 km²) is land and 1.5 square miles (3.8 km²), or 3.32%, is water. Sandwich is bordered by Cape Cod Bay to the north, Barnstable to the east, Mashpee and Falmouth to the south, and Bourne to the west.  It is approximately 57 miles (92 km) south-southeast of Boston.
  Sandwich is the site of the Cape Cod Bay entrance to the Cape Cod Canal. The northern point of Sandwich, where Sagamore Hill and Scusset Beach State Reservation lie, is divided from the rest of the town by the canal. The town is also the location of the Shawme-Crowell State Forest and the Massachusetts State Game Farm. The town is home to six beaches along the shores of Cape Cod Bay. The rest of the town's geography is typical of the rest of the Cape, with many small ponds and hills, with most of the trees being pine or oak. Sandwich is also the site of Old Harbor Creek, a large inlet with several other small creeks feeding it, which once served to provide safe harbor for ships.
caption: East entrance to the Cape Cod Canal
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