Mattapoisett Harbor

Mattapoisett Harbor is a bay in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Mattapoisett Harbor is situated nearby to the hamlet Shell Beach, as well as near Cannonville.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ned Point Light and Third Meetinghouse.

Ned Point Light

Lighthouse

Photo: Schlitzer90, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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.

Third Meetinghouse

Place of worship

Photo: Schlitzer90, CC0.

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mattapoisett and Marion.

Mattapoisett

Photo: Balon Greyjoy, CC0.

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.

Marion

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Marion is a town in Massachusetts in the SouthCoast area. It is largely a residential community with a pretty harbor.

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.

Mattapoisett Harbor

Type: Bay
Address: MA
Category: body of water
Location: Plymouth, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.65011° or 41° 39′ 0″ north

Longitude

-70.8092° or 70° 48′ 33″ west

Open location code

87HFM52R+28

OpenStreetMap ID

node 368984487

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=bay

GeoNames ID

4943434

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Mattapoisett Town Beach and Curtis Wharf.

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