Fort Phoenix Beach State Reservation
Fort Phoenix State Reservation is a public recreation area on Buzzards Bay in the town of Fairhaven, Massachusetts. The reservation encompasses 28 acres adjacent to the remains of Fort Phoenix, an American Revolutionary War fort and national landmark from which the reservation takes its name.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Park
- Description: recreation area in Massachusetts, USA
- Also known as: “Fort Phoenix”, “Fort Phoenix State Beach”, and “Fort Phoenix State Reservation”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fort Phoenix and Palmer Island Light.
Fort Phoenix
Fort
Fort Phoenix is a former American Revolutionary War-era fort located at the entrance to the Fairhaven-New Bedford harbor, south of U.S. 6 in Fort Phoenix Park in Fairhaven, Massachusetts.
Palmer Island Light
Lighthouse
Photo: Schlitzer90, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Palmer Island Light Station is a historic lighthouse in New Bedford Harbor in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA. The lighthouse was built in 1849 out of stone rubble.
Fairhaven Town Hall
Town hall
Photo: Marcbela, Public domain.
Fairhaven Town Hall is the town hall of Fairhaven, Massachusetts. It is located at 40 Center Street, between Walnut and William Streets, across Center Street from the Millicent Library.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fairhaven and New Bedford.
Fairhaven
Photo: Schlitzer90, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
New Bedford
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New Bedford is in Massachusetts on the southern coast. New Bedford's excellent harbor made it a natural fishing and whaling center. It was the world's premier whaling port in the 19th century, and, for a time, "the richest city in the world" and "the city that lit the world" because of whale oil production.
Bliss Corner
Hamlet
Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bliss Corner is a census-designated place in the town of Dartmouth in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 5,280 at the 2010 census. Bliss Corner is situated 2 miles southwest of Fort Phoenix Beach State Reservation.
Fort Phoenix Beach State Reservation
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Bristol, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.62427° or 41° 37′ 27″ northLongitude
-70.89893° or 70° 53′ 56″ westElevation
-3 feet (-1 metres)Open location code
87HFJ4F2+PCOpenStreetMap ID
node 358269226OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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