Nasketucket Bay State Reservation, Mattapoisett

#5 among attractions in Mattapoisett

Park, Relax in park

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Nasketucket Bay State Reservation, managed by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, is located in Mattapoisett, Massachusetts, along the coastline of southeast Massachusetts. The park includes 210 acres of rocky shoreline open field and wooded trails. A parking lot is located at the northeast corner of the reservation. ()

Established: 1999 (25 years ago)Elevation: 26 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 41°38'9"N, 70°50'12"W

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Mattapoisett United States

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Day trips

Nasketucket Bay State Reservation – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Effie M. Morrissey, Ned Point Light, Reservation Golf Club, Fort Phoenix.

4.3 miW
Ship
Effie M. Morrissey, New Bedford
111 min walk • Effie M. Morrissey is a schooner skippered by Robert Bartlett that made many scientific expeditions to the Arctic, sponsored by American museums, the Explorers Club and the National Geographic Society. She also helped survey the Arctic for the United States Government during World War II.
2.4 miNE
Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture
Ned Point Light, Mattapoisett
61 min walk • 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.
1.5 miN
41°39'23"N • 70°49'37"W
Reservation Golf Club, Mattapoisett
39 min walk • Golf
3.5 miW
State park, Beach, Outdoor activities
Fort Phoenix, New Bedford
89 min walk • 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. The fort was originally built in 1775 without a name, and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.
3.8 miW
Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture
Palmer Island Light, New Bedford
97 min walk • 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.
3.4 miW
Church, Architecture, Sacred and religious sites
Unitarian Memorial Church, New Bedford
87 min walk • Unitarian Memorial Church is a historic church on 102 Green Street in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, home to the Unitarian Universalist Society of Fairhaven.
2 miNE
Church
Third Meetinghouse, Mattapoisett
52 min walk • The Third Meetinghouse is an historic church, community meeting house and Grange Hall at 1 Fairhaven Road in Mattapoisett, Massachusetts.
3.7 miSW
Lighthouse
Butler Flats Light, New Bedford
95 min walk • Butler Flats Light is a sparkplug lighthouse located in the outer harbor of New Bedford, Massachusetts, at the mouth of the Acushnet River. Built in 1898 by the United States Lighthouse Board, it is the only known caisson lighthouse designed by a marine architect.
2.3 miNE
41°39'13"N • 70°47'54"W
Mattapoisett Boatyard, Mattapoisett
60 min walk • Sailing, Marina
3.5 miW
Town, Area
Fairhaven, New Bedford
89 min walk • 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.
4.4 miW
Ship
Lightship No. 114, New Bedford
111 min walk • Lightship No. 114, later U.S. Coast Guard WAL 536, that served as lightship Fire Island, Examination Vessel, Diamond Shoal, 1st District relief vessel, Pollock Rip and Portland.