Brayton Point Beach
Brayton Point Beach is a beach in Town of Somerset, Bristol, Massachusetts. Brayton Point Beach is situated nearby to the hamlet South Swansea, as well as near Slades Ferry.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include USS Massachusetts and Borden Flats Light.
USS Massachusetts
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
USS Massachusetts, hull number BB-59, is the third of four South Dakota-class fast battleships built for the United States Navy in the late 1930s. The first American battleships designed after the Washington treaty system began to break down in the mid-1930s…
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.
Brayton Point Power Station
Photo: Z22, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Brayton Point Power Station was a coal-fired power plant located in Somerset, Massachusetts. It was the largest coal-fired generating station in New England, and was the last coal-fired power station in Massachusetts to provide power to the regional grid.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include South Swansea and Fall River.
Fall River
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
In the SouthCoast region of Massachusetts, where the Taunton River empties into Mount Hope Bay, stands Fall River- the "Spindle City". Not to be overshadowed by nearby Boston and Providence, Fall River offers visitors unique attractions that are absent from its two larger neighbors.
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. Ocean Grove is situated 2 miles northwest of Brayton Point Beach.
Brayton Point Beach
- Type: Beach
- Description: beach in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States
- Category: landform
- Location: Town of Somerset, Bristol, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.71167° or 41° 42′ 42″ northLongitude
-71.18472° or 71° 11′ 5″ westElevation
3 feet (1 metre)Open location code
87HCPR68+M4OpenStreetMap ID
node 358272920OpenStreetMap feature
natural=beach
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In Other Languages
“Brayton Point Beach” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Brayton Point Beach”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Brayton Point and Slades Ferry.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Brayton Point Salt Marsh and Angus Street Right of Way.
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