Bancroft Bird Sanctuary

Bancroft Bird Sanctuary is a nature reserve in Norfolk, Massachusetts. Bancroft Bird Sanctuary is situated nearby to the hamlet Black Rock, as well as near the locality Ode’s Den.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cohasset station and Capt. John Wilson House and Bates Ship Chandlery.

Cohasset station

Railway station

Photo: Pottewa, Public domain.

Cohasset station is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in Cohasset, Massachusetts. It serves the Greenbush Line. It is located off Chief Justice Cushing Highway west of downtown Cohasset.

Capt. John Wilson House and Bates Ship Chandlery

Museum

Photo: Wwoods, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Capt. John Wilson House and Bates Ship Chandlery are historic buildings at 4 Elm Street in Cohasset, Massachusetts. They are now owned by the Cohasset Historical Society.

Pratt Historic Building

Historic building

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The Pratt Historic Building is a historic building at 106 South Main Street in Cohasset, Massachusetts, United States. It was built in 1903 with private donations as the Paul Pratt Memorial Library, to house the town's 7,500-volume collection.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cohasset and Hingham.

Cohasset

Photo: Wwoods, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Cohasset is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The town, which split off from Hingham in 1770, derives its name from the Massachusett word "Conahasset". It is an exclave of Norfolk County. As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,381.

Hingham

Photo: Doc Searls, CC BY 2.0.

Hingham is a coastal town in the South Shore region of Massachusetts about 15 miles south of Boston.

North Scituate

Village

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North Scituate is a census-designated place in the town of Scituate in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2020 census, North Scituate had a population of 5,414. It was formerly known as Gannet Corner.

Bancroft Bird Sanctuary

Type: Nature reserve
Category: recreation area
Location: Norfolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.2413° or 42° 14′ 29″ north

Longitude

-70.8272° or 70° 49′ 38″ west

Open location code

87JF65RF+G4

OpenStreetMap ID

way 29695080

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Black Rock and Ode’s Den.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Sanctuary Pond and Cohasset Fitness Club.

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