Editing North Falmouth, Massachusetts (section)

==Geography==
North Falmouth is located next to the northern border of Falmouth at {{coord|41.644588|-70.630447|type:city_region:US|format=dms|display=inline}}.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> It is bordered by the town of [[Bourne, Massachusetts|Bourne]] to the north, by [[Massachusetts Route 28]] to the east, [[West Falmouth, Massachusetts|West Falmouth]] to the south, and [[Buzzards Bay]] to the west.

North Falmouth has many beaches, although many are enclosed by private beach communities. Old Silver Beach is a public beach off Quaker Road next to the Sea Crest Beach Hotel. [[New Silver Beach]], Sea Scape Beach, and Wild Harbor Estates Beach are examples of the small, private beach communities. Megansett Beach is the other public beach in North Falmouth, edged by Megansett Harbor.

The [[North Falmouth Village Historic District]] is along Old Main Road south of Wild Harbor Road. North Falmouth village has many businesses centrally located, including a bank, convenience stores, a church, gas station, hardware store, beauty parlor, yoga studio, dog grooming, ice cream parlor,  restaurants, library, playgrounds and elementary school.

The north end of the [[Shining Sea Bikeway]] is located in North Falmouth at the former site of the [[North Falmouth Railroad Station]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of {{convert|17.1|sqkm|disp=flip}}, of which {{convert|10.1|sqkm|disp=flip}}  is land, and {{convert|7.0|sqkm|disp=flip}}  (40.98%) is water.<ref name="Census 2010"/>