The Bluffs

The Bluffs is an area in Bristol, Massachusetts. The Bluffs is situated nearby to the hamlet South Swansea, as well as near Touisset.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Swansea Free Public Library and Borden Flats Light.

Swansea Free Public Library

Library

Photo: Kzirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Swansea Free Public Library is situated 2 miles northeast of The Bluffs.

Borden Flats Light

Lighthouse

Photo: Marcbela, Public domain.

Borden Flats Light is a historic lighthouse on the Taunton River in Fall River, Massachusetts, US. It is a tower-on-caisson type known as a sparkplug lighthouse. Borden Flats Light is situated 2½ miles southeast of The Bluffs.

Spar Island

Islet

Spar Island is a small sandbar in Mount Hope Bay in eastern Rhode Island. The island is more or less a sand bar, and is made up entirely of an intertidal zone. A small portion is visible at high tide, expanding by about 4 times that size at low tide. Spar Island is situated 2½ miles south of The Bluffs.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ocean Grove and South Swansea.

Ocean Grove

Hamlet

Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Ocean Grove is a census-designated place in the town of Swansea in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States, on the north shore of Mount Hope Bay near the Cole River. The population was 2,811 at the 2010 census, and 2,904 as of the 2020 census.