Bird Island

Bird Island is a tiny island in Buzzards Bay at the mouth of Sippican Harbor, less than a mile off the mainland coast of the town of Marion, Massachusetts, United States.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bird Island Light.

Bird Island Light

Lighthouse

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Bird Island Light is a historic lighthouse at the entrance to Sippican Harbor in Marion, Massachusetts. Built in 1819, its tower is a well-preserved example of an early 19th-century masonry lighthouse.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Marion and Weweantic.

Marion

Photo: Pi.1415926535, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Marion is a town in Massachusetts in the SouthCoast area. It is largely a residential community with a pretty harbor.

Weweantic

Hamlet

Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Weweantic is a census-designated place in the town of Wareham in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2020 census, Weweantic had a population of 2,109. Weweantic is situated 4½ miles north of Bird Island.

Mattapoisett

Photo: Balon Greyjoy, CC0.

Mattapoisett is a charming town along the southern coast Massachusetts with a large harbor on Buzzards Bay. Its name is thought to come from the Wampanoag native word for "resting place". It is now a classic small coastal town.

Bird Island

Type: Island
Description: island in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States
Categories: locality and landform
Location: Plymouth, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.66955° or 41° 40′ 10″ north

Longitude

-70.71726° or 70° 43′ 2″ west

Open location code

87HFM79M+R3

OpenStreetMap ID

node 358274635

OpenStreetMap feature

place=island

GeoNames ID

4930616

Wikidata ID

Q4915869

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In Other Languages

“Bird Island” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Bird Island”

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Notable Places Nearby

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