Monomoscoy Island Massachusetts Map

About Monomoscoy Island, Massachusetts

Monomoscoy Island is a locality in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. It is a small community with a population of 139. The population density is 231.3 people per km². Monomoscoy Island is located at 41.5698°N, 70.5050°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 02649.

Monomoscoy Island emerges from the brackish intersection of tidal currents, defined by the steady, dark pulse of the Great River that feeds into the surrounding marshlands. It lies 5.6 miles south-southwest of Mashpee, MA (from Mashpee, MA: bearing 193°T), and is situated 5.8 miles east-northeast of Falmouth. The landscape possesses a low, saline gravity, where the air tastes of brine and the light at dusk flattens against the water, turning the reeds into jagged silhouettes of charcoal and verdigris. Beyond the immediate banks of Moromoesoy Island, the terrain remains soft and yielding, a fragile boundary between the terrestrial and the fluid. While the horizon remains unobstructed, one might imagine the distant, hazy rise of the Monomoy Island Dunes far to the south, though here, the world is dominated by the intricate, shifting channels of the Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. The soil is thin and sandy, holding the scent of damp earth and salt, anchoring the island against the restless, rhythmic push of the Atlantic Ocean just a mile away.

Monomoscoy Island serves as a quiet witness to the enduring tension between human habitation and the encroaching tide, its economy historically tethered to the harvest of the shallows and the seasonal rhythm of the coastal climate. The legacy of the land is measured in the persistence of its maritime character, where the industry of the water—once centered on small-scale shellfishing and the navigation of local inlets—has transitioned into a more contemplative, residential stillness. Nearby, the presence of Washburn Island offers a rugged counterpoint to the more settled domesticity of the mainland, reinforcing the isolation that defines life in this corner of the coast. Residents navigate a pace dictated by the tide tables rather than the clock, living in a geography that demands constant attention to the permeability of the shore. It is a place where the history of the region is etched not in monuments, but in the slow, persistent reclamation of the land by the brackish waters that define its boundaries.

About This Monomoscoy Island Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Monomoscoy Island, Massachusetts. Coordinates: 41.569832, -70.505028. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Monomoscoy Island includes the ZIP code (02649), telephone area code (339, 351, 413, 508, 617, 774, 781, 857, 978), county seat of Barnstable County (Barnstable), and school district assignment (Mashpee School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.