Bents Creek

Bents Creek is a stream in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Bents Creek is situated nearby to the hamlet Quincy Neck, as well as near Old Boat Point.

Places of Interest

Highlights include United States Naval Shipbuilding Museum and Fore River Bridge.

United States Naval Shipbuilding Museum

Museum

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The United States Naval Shipbuilding Museum is a private non-profit museum in Quincy, Massachusetts featuring USS Salem, a heavy cruiser docked at the former Fore River Shipyard where she was laid down in 1945.

Fore River Bridge

Bridge

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The Fore River Bridge spans the Weymouth Fore River between Quincy and Weymouth, Massachusetts. The total length of the bridge including the approaches is 2,216 feet.

Fore River Generating Station

Power station

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The Fore River Generating Station is a power plant operated by Calpine Corporation since 2014 alongside Weymouth Fore River in Weymouth, Massachusetts.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Germantown and Adams Shore.

Germantown

Hamlet

Germantown is a primarily residential neighborhood in the city of Quincy, Massachusetts. The neighborhood is located on a peninsula surrounded by Town River bay on the west and Rock Island Cove on the east.

Adams Shore

Hamlet

Adams Shore is a neighborhood of Quincy, Massachusetts. It is located on the shore of Quincy Bay at the entrance to the Hough's Neck peninsula. It is bordered on the north by Quincy Bay, on the east by the Hough's Neck neighborhood, on the south by Town River Bay and on the west by the Merrymount neighborhood. Adams Shore is situated 1½ miles north of Bents Creek.

Quincy

Photo: Sswonk, Public domain.

Quincy is in Massachusetts. Quincy was the birthplace of presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams. United States Declaration of Independence signer and first Massachusetts governor John Hancock was also born here.

Bents Creek

Type: Stream
Category: body of water
Location: Plymouth, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.24232° or 42° 14′ 32″ north

Longitude

-70.97227° or 70° 58′ 20″ west

Open location code

87JF62RH+W3

GeoNames ID

4930372

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