Popponesset Island Massachusetts Map
Popponesset Island, Massachusetts — interactive Google street map, satellite and terrain views, Street View, live National Weather Service conditions and 7-day forecasts, real-time local and world news, and an editorial description of Popponesset Island, Barnstable County.
Interactive Map of Popponesset Island, Massachusetts
| City | Popponesset Island |
| State | Massachusetts (MA) |
| County | Barnstable |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 41.584277 |
| Longitude | -70.459193 |
| Population | 33 |
| Density | 172.7 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
About Popponesset Island, Massachusetts
Popponesset Island is a locality in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. It is a small community with a population of 33. The population density is 172.7 people per km². Popponesset Island is located at 41.5843°N, 70.4592°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone.
Popponesset Island emerges from the salty embrace of the Atlantic, a low-lying barrier of shifting sands and resilient scrub oak. It lies 8.4 miles east-north-east of Falmouth, MA (from Falmouth, MA: bearing 74°T), and is situated 4.6 miles south-south-east of Mashpee. Its character is one of intimate scale, where the wind, an ever-present sculptor, hums through sparse dune grasses, and the scent of brine and sun-baked pine needles hangs perpetually in the air. The landscape here is a dialogue between the restless ocean and the stubborn earth, a place where the horizon feels both vast and intimately close, and where the light, particularly in the late afternoon, pools in soft, golden eddies across the weathered shingles of its cottages. This stretch of coastline, once charted and claimed by early explorers, has long been a retreat for those seeking respite from the mainland's clamor. Popponesset Island, though small, carries the quiet imprint of generations who understood the rhythms of the sea. Its economy, historically tied to the bounty of the surrounding waters, now leans towards a more gentle tourism, a steady influx of summer visitors drawn to its unpretentious charm and the simple pleasure of its broad, sandy shores. The island retains a sense of its past, a feeling of continuity in the way life unfolds here, dictated by the tides and the predictable turning of the seasons.
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About This Popponesset Island Map Page
This page provides an interactive Google map of Popponesset Island, Massachusetts with street, satellite and terrain views and integrated Street View imagery. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Popponesset Island and Barnstable County. Coordinates and population data are also included.
Location data for Popponesset Island is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity, not name matching alone — ensuring the correct Popponesset Island is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states.
| Page generated | June 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. Location verified by proximity — not name matching alone. |
