Belle Isle Marsh Reservation

#5273 among destinations in the United States

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Belle Isle Marsh Reservation in Suffolk County, Massachusetts is an urban nature preserve and public recreation area containing mostly coastal wetlands. The Reservation includes the last remnant within Boston of the salt marshes that were once prevalent along the Massachusetts Bay shoreline. The marsh is home to a wide variety of saltmarsh plants, marine life, and birds. The reservation is managed by the Department of Conservation and Recreation. ()

Established: 1985 (39 years ago)Elevation: 16 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 41°32'29"N, 70°59'21"W

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Belle Isle Marsh Reservation – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Fort Rodman, Butler Flats Light, Cadman–White–Handy House, Hazelwood Park.

5.8 miNE
Museum, Military museum, Entertainment
Fort Rodman, New Bedford
148 min walk • Fort Taber District or the Fort at Clark's Point is a historic American Civil War-era military fort on Wharf Road within the former Fort Rodman Military Reservation in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
6.5 miNE
Lighthouse
Butler Flats Light, New Bedford
167 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.
5 miNW
Museum, History museum
Cadman–White–Handy House, Westport
128 min walk • The Cadman–White–Handy House, also known as the Handy House, is a historic house museum in Westport, Massachusetts. The house, built in stages between about 1710 and 1825, provides a window into architectural trends of 18th-century southern Massachusetts.
6 miNE
Park, Gothic Revival architecture
Hazelwood Park, New Bedford
153 min walk • Hazelwood Park is a public park on Clark's Point in New Bedford, Massachusetts. The park occupies a plot of 23 acres on the west side of New Bedford's southern peninsula, between Rodney French Boulevard and Brock Avenue.
5.8 miNE
Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture
Clarks Point Light, New Bedford
148 min walk • The Clarks Point Light is located in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Originally constructed as a wooden tower, it was replaced with a stone tower in 1804. This in turn was replaced by a structure on the parapets of Fort Rodman which was deactivated in 1898.
6.1 miNE
Cemetery
Rural Cemetery, New Bedford
156 min walk • The Rural Cemetery and Friends Cemetery are a pair of connected cemeteries at 149 Dartmouth Street in New Bedford, Massachusetts United States. They occupy an irregular parcel of land more than 90 acres in size on the west side of the city.
3 miSW
41°30'26"N • 71°1'26"W
Mass Audubon Allens Pond, Westport
76 min walk • Nature and wildlife, Park
5.9 miNW
41°34'36"N • 71°5'33"W
Dedee Shattuck Gallery, Westport
150 min walk • Art gallery, Shopping, Museum
5.4 miNW
Park
Westport Town Farm, Westport
138 min walk • Westport Town Farm is a 40-acre open space preserve and historic farm complex located in Westport, Massachusetts along the bracken East Branch of the Westport River.
5.4 miW
National park
Mystic River Reservation
139 min walk • The Mystic River Reservation is a publicly owned nature preserve with recreational features located along the Mystic River in the towns of Winchester, Arlington, Medford, Somerville, Everett, and Chelsea in eastern Massachusetts.
5.9 miNW
41°34'38"N • 71°5'31"W
Art Stable Gallery Westport, Westport
150 min walk • Art gallery, Shopping, Museum