South Shore Salt Marsh Wildlife Management Area
South Shore Salt Marsh Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Bristol, Massachusetts. South Shore Salt Marsh Wildlife Management Area is situated nearby to the hamlet Wigwam Beach, as well as near Knollmere.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fort Phoenix and West Island.
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.
West Island
Island
West Island is an island in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, United States, on Buzzards Bay. Approximately two-thirds of the island is forest. Water and sewage restrictions have limited its growth.
Unitarian Memorial Church
Place of worship
Unitarian Memorial Church is a historic church on 102 Green Street in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, home to the Unitarian Universalist Society of Fairhaven.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fairhaven and Mattapoisett.
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.
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.
South Shore Salt Marsh Wildlife Management Area
- Type: Nature reserve
- Categories: recreation area and protected area
- Location: Bristol, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.6272° or 41° 37′ 38″ northLongitude
-70.8539° or 70° 51′ 14″ westInception
June 6th, 1970Open location code
87HFJ4GW+VCOpenStreetMap ID
way 29696616OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=conservationOpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserve
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