Packet Rock
Packet Rock is an island in Bristol, Massachusetts. Packet Rock is situated nearby to the hamlet Winsegansett Heights, as well as near Silver Shell Beach.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Black Rock and Angelica Rock.
Black Rock
Island
Black Rock is a barren, uninhabited island in Bristol County, Massachusetts. It has a beacon structure.
Angelica Rock
Island
Angelica Rock, also known as Angelica Island, is a one-acre rock island emerging from Buzzards Bay, within the town limits of Fairhaven, Massachusetts.
Clarks Point Light
Lighthouse
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Clarks Point Light is located in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Originally constructed as a wooden tower, it was replaced with a stone tower in 1804. This in turn was replaced by a structure on the parapets of Fort Rodman which was deactivated in 1898.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bliss Corner and Fairhaven.
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.
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
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Packet Rock
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Categories: locality and landform
- Location: Bristol, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.57983° or 41° 34′ 47″ northLongitude
-70.8692° or 70° 52′ 9″ westOpen location code
87HFH4HJ+W8OpenStreetMap ID
node 358274269OpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
4946586Wikidata ID
Q49667279
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Packet Rock” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Packet Rock”
- Turkish: “Packet Rock”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Winsegansett Heights and Silver Shell Beach.
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