Battery Cross
Battery Cross is a fort in New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts. Battery Cross is situated nearby to the fort Battery Craig, as well as near Fort Taber Park.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Clarks Point Light and Butler Flats Lighthouse.
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 680 feet east of Battery Cross.
Butler Flats Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Hazelwood Park
Park
Photo: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hazelwood Park is a public park on Clark's Point in New Bedford, Massachusetts. The park occupies a plot of 23 acres on the west side of New Bedford's southern peninsula, between Rodney French Boulevard and Brock Avenue.
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. As of the 2020 census, Bliss Corner had a population of 5,480. Bliss Corner is situated 2 miles northwest of Battery Cross.
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.
Smith Mills
Hamlet
Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Smith Mills is a census-designated place in the town of Dartmouth in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2020 census, Smith Mills had a population of 4,832. Smith Mills is situated 6 miles northwest of Battery Cross.
Battery Cross
- Type: Fort
- Categories: building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.59313° or 41° 35′ 35″ northLongitude
-70.90377° or 70° 54′ 14″ westOpen location code
87HFH3VW+7FOpenStreetMap ID
way 214655115OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=fort
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