Broad Cove
Broad Cove is a bay in Bristol, Massachusetts. Broad Cove is situated nearby to the hamlet Old Town Landing, as well as near Camp Merriwood.Places of Interest
Highlights include Conspiracy Island and Dighton Rock.
Conspiracy Island
Island
Conspiracy Island is a privately owned tidal island situated in the Assonet River off Berkley, Massachusetts. According to the 2000 census, Conspiracy Island is uninhabited.
Dighton Rock
Archaeological site
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Dighton Rock is a 40-ton glacial boulder composed of sandstone, originally located in the riverbed of the Taunton River at Berkley, Massachusetts. The rock is noted for its petroglyphs, carved designs of ancient and uncertain origin, and the controversy about their creators. Dighton Rock is situated 1½ miles northeast of Broad Cove.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Somerset and Dighton.
Somerset
Photo: Kzirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Somerset is a small town in the SouthCoast region of Massachusetts. It is built on the western bank of the Taunton River, connected by bridges with Fall River and sharing a border with Swansea.
Dighton
Village
Photo: Kzirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Taunton is a city in Massachusetts with a population of 59,000. It is nicknamed the "Silver City" for its tradition as a center of silversmithing, and the "Christmas City" for its festive Christmas displays on Taunton Green. Dighton is situated 1½ miles north of Broad Cove.
Assonet
Hamlet
Assonet is one of two villages in the town of Freetown in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. An original part of the town, Assonet was settled in 1659 along with the city of Fall River, then a part of Freetown. Assonet is situated 3 miles east of Broad Cove.
Broad Cove
- Type: Bay
- Category: body of water
- Location: Bristol, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.79177° or 41° 47′ 30″ northLongitude
-71.12866° or 71° 7′ 43″ westElevation
3 feet (1 metre)Open location code
87HCQVRC+PGGeoNames ID
4931393
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