Bass Cove

Bass Cove is a nature reserve in Bristol, Massachusetts. Access is restricted and requires permission. Bass Cove is situated nearby to the hamlet Knollmere, as well as near Wigwam Beach.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fort Phoenix and Unitarian Memorial Church.

Fort Phoenix

Fort

Photo: Marcbela, CC0.

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.

Unitarian Memorial Church

Place of worship

Photo: Faolin42, CC BY 3.0.

Unitarian Memorial Church is a historic church on 102 Green Street in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, home to the Unitarian Universalist Society of Fairhaven.

Fairhaven Town Hall

Town hall

Photo: Marcbela, Public domain.

Fairhaven Town Hall is the town hall of Fairhaven, Massachusetts. It is located at 40 Center Street, between Walnut and William Streets, across Center Street from the Millicent Library.

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 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.

Bass Cove

Access is restricted and requires permission.
Type: Nature reserve
Categories: recreation area and protected area
Location: Bristol, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.6316° or 41° 37′ 54″ north

Longitude

-70.8538° or 70° 51′ 14″ west

Inception

1996

Open location code

87HFJ4JW+MF

OpenStreetMap ID

way 29697199

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=conservation

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

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