Girls Creek
Girls Creek is a nature reserve in Fairhaven, Bristol, Massachusetts. Girls Creek is situated nearby to the hamlet Harbor View, as well as near Pope Beach.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fort Phoenix and New Bedford Whaling Museum.
Fort Phoenix
Fort
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.
New Bedford Whaling Museum
Museum
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The New Bedford Whaling Museum is a museum in New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States that focuses on the history, science, art, and culture of the international whaling industry, and the colonial region of Old Dartmouth in the South Coast of Massachusetts.
Palmer Island Light
Lighthouse
Photo: Schlitzer90, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Palmer Island Light Station is a historic lighthouse in New Bedford Harbor in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA. The lighthouse was built in 1849 out of stone rubble.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include New Bedford and Mattapoisett.
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.
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
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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.
Girls Creek
- Type: Nature reserve
- Categories: recreation area and protected area
- Location: Fairhaven, Bristol, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.6349° or 41° 38′ 6″ northLongitude
-70.8871° or 70° 53′ 14″ westOpen location code
87HFJ4M7+X5OpenStreetMap ID
way 29695587OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=conservationOpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserve
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Harbor View and Pope Beach.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Girls Creek, Boys Creek and Priests Cove.
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