Silver Shell Beach
Silver Shell Beach is a hamlet in Fairhaven, Bristol, Massachusetts. Silver Shell Beach is situated nearby to the hamlet Winsegansett Heights, as well as near Wigwam Beach.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Butler Flats Lighthouse and Clarks Point Light.
Butler Flats Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Butler Flats Light is a sparkplug lighthouse located in the outer harbor of New Bedford, Massachusetts, at the mouth of the Acushnet River. Built in 1898 by the United States Lighthouse Board, it is the only known caisson lighthouse designed by a marine architect. Butler Flats Lighthouse is situated 1½ miles west of Silver Shell Beach.
Clarks Point Light
Lighthouse
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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. Clarks Point Light is situated 2 miles southwest of Silver Shell Beach.
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. Fort Phoenix is situated 2 miles northwest of Silver Shell Beach.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bliss Corner and New Bedford.
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 4 miles west of Silver Shell Beach.
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.
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.
Silver Shell Beach
- Type: Hamlet
- Category: locality
- Location: Fairhaven, Bristol, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.60844° or 41° 36′ 30″ northLongitude
-70.86476° or 70° 51′ 53″ westElevation
3 feet (1 metre)Open location code
87HFJ45P+93OpenStreetMap ID
node 158892362OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
4950980
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