Cole River
Cole River is a stream in Bristol, Massachusetts. Cole River is situated nearby to the hamlet Touisset, as well as near the area The Bluffs.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Spar Island and Borden Flats Light.
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 1½ miles south of Cole River.
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 east of Cole River.
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 Touisset 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.
Cole River
- Type: Stream
- Also known as: “Coles Brook” and “Coles River”
- Category: body of water
- Location: Bristol, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.71121° or 41° 42′ 40″ northLongitude
-71.21949° or 71° 13′ 10″ westElevation
3 feet (1 metre)Open location code
87HCPQ6J+F6GeoNames ID
4933596
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