Wards Rock
Wards Rock is an island in Bristol, Massachusetts. Wards Rock is situated nearby to the hamlet Wigwam Beach, as well as near Knollmere.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include West Island.
West Island
Island
West Island is an island in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, United States, on Buzzards Bay. Approximately two-thirds of the island is forest. Water and sewage restrictions have limited its growth.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mattapoisett and Fairhaven.
Mattapoisett
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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.
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.
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.
Wards Rock
- Type: Island
- Categories: locality and landform
- Location: Bristol, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.62566° or 41° 37′ 32″ northLongitude
-70.84726° or 70° 50′ 50″ westElevation
3 feet (1 metre)Open location code
87HFJ5G3+73OpenStreetMap ID
node 358274285OpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
4954462
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