The Nook

The Nook is a bay in Plymouth, Massachusetts. The Nook is situated nearby to the village South Duxbury, as well as near the hamlet Miles Standish Park.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Myles Standish Burial Ground and Mill Pond.

Myles Standish Burial Ground

Cemetery

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The Myles Standish Burial Ground in Duxbury, Massachusetts is, according to the American Cemetery Association, the oldest maintained cemetery in the United States.

Mill Pond

Reservoir

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Mill Pond is a 13-acre pond in Duxbury, Massachusetts in the village of Island Creek. The pond is located south of Island Creek Pond. Island Creek runs through the pond.

First Parish Church

Place of worship

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The First Parish Church is a historic Unitarian Universalist church at Tremont and Depot Streets in Duxbury, Massachusetts. First Parish Church is currently a member congregation of the Unitarian Universalist Association.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include South Duxbury and Old Shipbuilders Historic District.

South Duxbury

Village

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South Duxbury is a census-designated place in the town of Duxbury in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2020 census, South Duxbury had a population of 3,463.

Old Shipbuilders Historic District

Neighborhood

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The Old Shipbuilder's Historic District is a 287-acre historic district in Duxbury, Massachusetts. The district includes both sides of Washington Street extending from South Duxbury to Powder Point Avenue, including several side streets off of Washington and a small portion of St.

Rocky Nook

Hamlet

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Rocky Nook is a neighborhood in Kingston, Massachusetts. The neighborhood sits on a small peninsula of land on Kingston Bay where the Jones River meets the Atlantic Ocean, near Duxbury, Massachusetts.

The Nook

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

42.0126° or 42° 0′ 45″ north

Longitude

-70.68837° or 70° 41′ 18″ west

Open location code

87JF2876+2M

OpenStreetMap ID

node 368985137

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=bay

GeoNames ID

4945431

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