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(Redirected from Popponesset Beach) Beach in the U.S. state of Massachusetts

Popponesset Spit is a spit between Popponesset Bay and Nantucket Sound. The barrier peninsula extends for about 1.0 mile (1.6 km) from the community of Popponesset in Mashpee on Cape Cod in Massachusetts and is part of the coastline known as Popponesset Beach. The tip of the peninsula is owned by the Massachusetts Audubon Society while the landward end is owned by Save Popponesset Bay.

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. The peninsula is home to bird sanctuary and other conservation projects that prevent disturbance of the piping plover, an endangered species, and terns.

References

Mary A. Cialone, Mary A. Cialone (September 1993), Evolution of Popponesset Beach and Its Effect on Popponesset Bay (CERC-93-9) (PDF), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
"Popponesset Spit: No-Alcohol Rule To Be Enforced This Summer". CapeNews.net. 23 April 2021.
Davis, Richard A. Jr (December 6, 2012). Geology of Holocene Barrier Island Systems. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9783642783609 – via Google Books.
"Community and State Officials' Guide to Coastal Zone Laws Relating to CDBG and UDAG Programs". U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Community Planning and Development. May 14, 1985 – via Google Books.
"History | Save Poppenesset Bay". savepopponessetbay.org.
Drake, Bob (May 23, 2017). "Popponesset Spit named one of America's Best Restored Beaches for 2017".
http://www.whgrp.com/articles/ASBPA_SPB_BeachAward_PressRelease_May2017_FINAL.pdf
"Dogs Banned From Popular Mashpee Beach". CapeNews.net. 4 May 2017.
"Nourishing the Poppy Spit". www.coastalneighborhoods.com. April 2020.

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National Historical Parks	Adams Blackstone River Valley Boston Lowell Minute Man New Bedford Whaling
National Historic Sites	Boston African American Frederick Law Olmsted John Fitzgerald Kennedy Longfellow House–Washington's Headquarters Salem Maritime Saugus Iron Works Springfield Armory
Other National Park Service units	Appalachian National Scenic Trail Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area Cape Cod National Seashore
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Wild and Scenic Rivers	Assabet Concord Sudbury Taunton Westfield
Other protected areas	Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve West Hill Dam (USACE)

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Parks	Alewife Brook Ames Nowell Ashland Bash Bish Falls Blackstone River and Canal Heritage Borderland Boston Harbor Islands Bradley Palmer C. M. Gardner Callahan Castle Island State Park Chicopee Memorial City Square Clarksburg Cochituate Connecticut River Greenway Demarest Lloyd Dighton Rock Dunn Ellisville Harbor Fall River Heritage Gardner Heritage Governor Thomas Dudley Great Brook Farm Greycourt Halibut Point Hampton Ponds Holyoke Heritage Hopkinton Lake Lorraine Lake Wyola Lawrence Heritage Lowell Heritage Lynn Heritage Massasoit Maudslay Moore Mount Holyoke Range Natural Bridge Nickerson Pearl Hill Pilgrim Quinsigamond Robinson Roxbury Heritage Rutland Skinner South Cape Beach Wahconah Falls Webb Memorial Wells Western Gateway Heritage Whitehall Wompatuck
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Other	Appalachian Trail Ashuwillticook Rail Trail Cape Cod Rail Trail Fort Revere Lake Dennison Recreation Area Lower Neponset River Trail Mass Central Rail Trail—Wayside Nashua River Rail Trail Norwottuck Branch Rail Trail Quabbin Reservoir Southwest Corridor Park Squantum Point Park Streeter Point Recreation Area Sudbury Reservoir Wachusett Reservoir Ware River Watershed Area

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