Violette Preserve
Violette Preserve is a nature reserve in Town of Mattapoisett, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Violette Preserve is situated nearby to the hamlet Tinkhamtown, as well as near East Fairhaven.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Third Meetinghouse and Ned Point Light.
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.
Ned Point Light
Lighthouse
Photo: Schlitzer90, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ned Point Light is a historic lighthouse on Ned's Point Road in Mattapoisett, Massachusetts. The lighthouse was built in 1838 at a cost of approximately $5,000, and named after Ned Dexter, a local farmer.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mattapoisett and Fairhaven.
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.
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.
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.
Violette Preserve
- Type: Nature reserve
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Town of Mattapoisett, Plymouth, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.669° or 41° 40′ 8″ northLongitude
-70.8416° or 70° 50′ 30″ westInception
March 11th, 1976Open location code
87HFM595+H8OpenStreetMap ID
way 29697901OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserve
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Localities in the Area
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