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

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The Dighton Rock is a 40-ton boulder composed of sandstone, originally located in the riverbed of the Taunton River at Berkley, Massachusetts, formerly part of the town of Dighton. Dighton Rock is situated 1½ miles northeast of Broad Cove.

Saint Patricks Cemetery

Cemetery

Photo: Kzirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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

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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
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Latitude

41.79177° or 41° 47′ 30″ north

Longitude

-71.12866° or 71° 7′ 43″ west

Elevation

3 feet (1 metre)

Open location code

87HCQVRC+PG

GeoNames ID

4931393

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