New Boston Road

New Boston Road is a nature reserve in Fairhaven, Bristol, Massachusetts. New Boston Road is situated near the hamlet East Fairhaven, as well as near Nasketucket.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Third Meetinghouse and Fairhaven High School and Academy.

Third Meetinghouse

Place of worship

Photo: Schlitzer90, CC0.

The Third Meetinghouse is an historic church, community meeting house and Grange Hall at 1 Fairhaven Road in Mattapoisett, Massachusetts. Built in 1816, it is the town's oldest surviving public building, and the one in which the meeting leading to its separation from Rochester took place.

Fairhaven High School and Academy

School

Photo: ToddC4176, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Fairhaven High School is a public high school in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, United States. The main school building nicknamed "The Castle on the Hill" was built in 1905 and the current addition was added in 1996.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mattapoisett and Acushnet.

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.

Acushnet

Town

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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.

New Boston Road

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

41.6574° or 41° 39′ 27″ north

Longitude

-70.8559° or 70° 51′ 21″ west

Open location code

87HFM44V+XJ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 29695254

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: East Fairhaven and Nasketucket.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Route 6 and New Boston Chapel.

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