Wigwam Beach

Wigwam Beach is a hamlet in Fairhaven, Bristol, Massachusetts. Wigwam Beach is situated nearby to the hamlet Knollmere, as well as near Silver Shell Beach.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fort Phoenix and Butler Flats Lighthouse.

Fort Phoenix

Fort

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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 west of Wigwam Beach.

Butler Flats Lighthouse

Lighthouse

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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 2½ miles southwest of Wigwam Beach.

Fairhaven Town Hall

Town hall

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Fairhaven Town Hall is the town hall of Fairhaven, Massachusetts. It is located at 40 Center Street, between Walnut and William Streets, across Center Street from the Millicent Library. Fairhaven Town Hall is situated 2½ miles west of Wigwam Beach.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mattapoisett and New Bedford.

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.

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.

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. As of the 2020 census, Bliss Corner had a population of 5,480. Bliss Corner is situated 4 miles west of Wigwam Beach.

Wigwam Beach

Type: Hamlet
Category: locality
Location: Fairhaven, Bristol, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.62316° or 41° 37′ 23″ north

Longitude

-70.8592° or 70° 51′ 33″ west

Elevation

3 feet (1 metre)

Open location code

87HFJ4FR+78

OpenStreetMap ID

node 158915276

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

4955623

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