Eel Pond Marshes

Eel Pond Marshes is in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Eel Pond Marshes is situated nearby to the hamlet Shell Beach, as well as near Cannonville.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Third Meetinghouse and Ned Point Light.

Third Meetinghouse

Place of worship

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The Third Meetinghouse is an historic church, community meeting house and Grange Hall at 1 Fairhaven Road in Mattapoisett, Massachusetts. Built in 1816, it is the town's oldest surviving public building, and the one in which the meeting leading to its separation from Rochester took place.

Ned Point Light

Lighthouse

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Ned Point Light is a historic lighthouse on Ned's Point Road in Mattapoisett, Massachusetts. The lighthouse was built in 1838 at a cost of approximately $5,000, and named after Ned Dexter, a local farmer.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mattapoisett and Fairhaven.

Mattapoisett

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Mattapoisett is a charming town along the southern coast Massachusetts with a large harbor on Buzzards Bay. Its name is thought to come from the Wampanoag native word for "resting place". It is now a classic small coastal town.

Fairhaven

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Fairhaven is a town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. It is located on the South Coast of Massachusetts where the Acushnet River flows into Buzzards Bay, an arm of the Atlantic Ocean.