Porter Pasture

Porter Pasture is a recreation area in Bristol, Massachusetts. Porter Pasture is situated nearby to Hathaway Park, as well as near Cemetery Land.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Freetown Town Hall and Assonet Burying Ground.

Freetown Town Hall

Town hall

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Freetown Town Hall is situated 3,500 feet east of Porter Pasture.

Assonet Burying Ground

Cemetery

The Assonet Burying Ground is the main public cemetery for Freetown, Massachusetts. Prior to becoming a cemetery, the land occupied by the Assonet Burying Ground was used as a military musterfield for the southeastern Massachusetts area. Assonet Burying Ground is situated 3,300 feet southeast of Porter Pasture.

Dighton Rock

Archaeological site

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The Dighton Rock is a 40-ton boulder composed of sandstone, originally located in the riverbed of the Taunton River at Berkley, Massachusetts, formerly part of the town of Dighton. Dighton Rock is situated 2 miles northwest of Porter Pasture.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Assonet and Freetown.

Assonet

Hamlet

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Assonet is one of two villages in the town of Freetown in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. An original part of the town, Assonet was settled in 1659 along with the city of Fall River, then a part of Freetown.

Freetown

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Freetown is a rural town on the Assonet River in the SouthCoast region of Massachusetts. It includes the villages of East Freetown and Assonet.

Dighton

Village

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Taunton is a city in Massachusetts with a population of 59,000. It is nicknamed the "Silver City" for its tradition as a center of silversmithing, and the "Christmas City" for its festive Christmas displays on Taunton Green. Dighton is situated 2½ miles northwest of Porter Pasture.

Porter Pasture

Type: Recreation area
Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
Location: Bristol, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.79904° or 41° 47′ 57″ north

Longitude

-71.08011° or 71° 4′ 48″ west

Open location code

87HCQWX9+JX

OpenStreetMap ID

way 29838887

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=recreation_ground

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Hathaway Park and Cemetery Land.

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