Billington Sea, Plymouth

#59 among attractions in Plymouth

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Billington Sea is a 269-acre warm water pond located in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Morton Park lies on the pond's northern shore. The pond is fed by groundwater and cranberry bog outlets. The average depth is seven feet and the maximum depth is 11 feet. The pond provides the headwaters to Town Brook. Seymour Island is located in the center of the pond. Billington Sea was named after its discoverer, Francis Billington, one of the passengers on the Mayflower. ()

Maximum depth: 11 ftElevation: 102 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 41°56'30"N, 70°40'36"W

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Billington Sea – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Cole's Hill, Pilgrim Hall Museum, Massasoit Statue, Pilgrim Memorial State Park.

1.3 miNE
Cemetery
Cole's Hill, Plymouth
35 min walk • Cole's Hill is a National Historic Landmark containing the first cemetery used by the Mayflower Pilgrims in Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620. The hill is located on Carver Street near the foot of Leyden Street and across the street from Plymouth Rock. Owned since 1820 by the preservationist Pilgrim Society, it is now a public park.
1.3 miN
Museum, History museum, Greek Revival architecture
Pilgrim Hall Museum, Plymouth
33 min walk • The Pilgrim Hall Museum at 75 Court Street in Plymouth, Massachusetts is the oldest public museum in the United States in continuous operation, having opened in 1824.
1.3 miNE
Monuments and statues
Massasoit Statue, Plymouth
34 min walk • Massasoit is a statue by the American sculptor Cyrus Edwin Dallin in Plymouth, Massachusetts. It was completed in 1921 to mark the three hundredth anniversary of the Pilgrims' landing. The sculpture is meant to represent the Pokanoket leader Massasoit welcoming the Pilgrims on the occasion of the first Thanksgiving.
1.2 miNE
Park, State park
Pilgrim Memorial State Park, Plymouth
31 min walk • Pilgrim Memorial State Park comprises two monuments — Plymouth Rock and the National Monument to the Forefathers — in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
1.1 miNE
Church
First Parish Church, Plymouth
29 min walk • First Parish Church in Plymouth is a historic Unitarian Universalist church at the base of Burial Hill on the town square off Leyden Street in Plymouth, Massachusetts. The congregation was founded in 1620 by the Pilgrims in Plymouth. The current building was constructed in 1899.
1.1 miNE
Cemetery
Burial Hill, Plymouth
30 min walk • Burial Hill is a historic cemetery or burying ground on School Street in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Established in the 17th century, it is the burial site of several Pilgrims, the founding settlers of Plymouth Colony.
1.2 miNE
Park, Garden
Brewster Gardens, Plymouth
31 min walk • Brewster Gardens is a park located in the center of Plymouth, Massachusetts. The park runs along both sides of Town Brook from the nature trail at the headwaters of the brook, past Jenney Grist Mill, underneath the Market Street and Main Street Extension bridges to Water Street...
1 miNE
Museum, Specialty museum, History museum
Plimoth Grist Mill, Plymouth
26 min walk • The Plimoth Grist Mill is a working grist mill located in Plymouth, Massachusetts. It is a reconstruction of the original Jenney Grist Mill, and it stands on the site of the original mill.
1 miNE
Museum, History museum, Historical place
Richard Sparrow House, Plymouth
27 min walk • The Richard Sparrow House is a historic house at 42 Summer Street in Plymouth, Massachusetts and the oldest surviving house in Plymouth. The house was built around 1640 by Richard Sparrow, an English surveyor who arrived in Plymouth in 1636. He was granted a 16-acre tract of land in 1636 on which the house was later built.
1.2 miNE
Museum, History museum, Historical place
Harlow Old Fort House, Plymouth
32 min walk • The Harlow Old Fort House is a First Period historic house at 119 Sandwich Street in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
1.1 miNE
Museum, History museum, Historical place
Jabez Howland House, Plymouth
29 min walk • The Jabez Howland House is a historic house at 33 Sandwich Street in Plymouth, Massachusetts. The oldest portion of this two-story wood-frame house was built by Jacob Mitchell in 1667, and purchased by Jabez Howland, son of Mayflower passengers John Howland and Elizabeth Tilley Howland, two of the original Pilgrims.

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Which popular attractions are close to Billington Sea?

Nearby attractions include Little Pond, Plymouth (12 min walk), Hillside, Plymouth (13 min walk), Morton Park, Plymouth (13 min walk), Lout Pond, Plymouth (14 min walk).