Ellisville is one of the villages of Plymouth and is located on Route 3A along the southeast Massachusetts coastline bordering Cape Cod Bay. There is a beautiful State Park that includes a trail through woods to the beach, a tidal wetlands, and a couple small meadows. This nice spot to spread out a picnic lunch was surprisingly unused on this picture postcard fall afternoon.
The human presence sometimes enhances and sometimes mars the natural world. It's disruptive enough just to pave this road alongside the marshland. I wish the line painter had followed the previous lines........
Beach weather in the fall means long sleeves and vests - unless you're a dog in which case it means: no more leashes!!
Staghorn sumac is a common shrub/tree in this area and always provides spectacular colors in fall.
Ellisville Harbor/marsh at low tide, Cape Cod Bay in the middle distance, the Cape Cod shoreline portions of Sandwich, Yarmouth, and Dennis in the far distance.
A house by another of Plymouth's many hundreds of ponds. Cape Cod Bay is on the other side of the trees.
Even though I've only been back to visit twice over the last 40 years, I can tell the last picture is looking up Ellisville Rd just before 3A crosses. The picture before that is Ernest Ellis' house.
ReplyDeleteI hope seeing this was a nice trip down memory lane for you.
DeleteYes it was, thankyou. Your pictures are wonderful. I was born in the Harlow Farmhouse just to the right of the stonewall in the above picture. We used to own all the land that became the Ellisville Park, plus more. All there is left now is the farm house, but there used to be many buildings, barns, gardens, etc. I'm glad others can enjoy it and that it wasn't subdivided and developed as once planned.
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