Smith Neck
Smith Neck is a cape in Bristol, Massachusetts. Smith Neck is situated nearby to the hamlet Nonquitt, as well as near Shore Acres.Places of Interest
Highlights include Dumpling Rocks Light.
Dumpling Rocks Light
Lighthouse
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Dumpling Rocks Light is a light on a skeleton tower on Dumpling Rock, Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts. It replaced the wooden Dumpling Rock Light, built 1889, which had replaced the original stone lighthouse established in 1829. Dumpling Rocks Light is situated 2 miles southeast of Smith Neck.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bliss Corner and New Bedford.
Bliss Corner
Hamlet
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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 north of Smith Neck.
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.
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.
Smith Neck
- Type: Cape
- Also known as: “Smiths Neck”
- Category: landform
- Location: Bristol, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.55566° or 41° 33′ 20″ northLongitude
-70.9492° or 70° 56′ 57″ westElevation
49 feet (15 metres)Open location code
87HFH342+78GeoNames ID
4951136
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