Onset Bay

Onset Bay is a bay in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Onset Bay is situated nearby to the hamlet Point Independence, as well as near Riverside.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Wickets Island and Onset Island.

Wickets Island

Island

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Wickets Island is a 4.6 acres island located in Onset Harbor in Wareham, Massachusetts. It is located 1,100 feet from shore.

Onset Island

Island

Onset Island is a small, private association owned island located at the western end of the Cape Cod Canal in the Town of Wareham, near Onset, Massachusetts.

Monument Beach

Beach

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Monument Beach is a census-designated place in the town of Bourne in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2020 census, Monument Beach had a population of 2,784.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Buzzards Bay and Bourne.

Buzzards Bay is a census-designated place in the town of Bourne in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2020 census, Buzzards Bay had a population of 4,279. It is the most populous of the five CDPs in Bourne.

Bourne

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Bourne is in Massachusetts on Cape Cod. The Cape Cod Canal runs through it. Bourne includes seven villages: Bournedale, Buzzards Bay, Cataumet, Monument Beach, Pocasset, Sagamore and Sagamore Beach.

Pocasset

Village

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The village of Pocasset is a census-designated place in the town of Bourne in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, located on Buzzards Bay. As of the 2020 census, Pocasset had a population of 2,843.

Onset Bay

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

41.73511° or 41° 44′ 6″ north

Longitude

-70.64948° or 70° 38′ 58″ west

Open location code

87HFP9P2+26

OpenStreetMap ID

node 368984641

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=bay

GeoNames ID

4946373

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Satellite Map

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Point Independence and Onset.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Dock 6-7 and Dock 5.

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