Frances A. Crane Wildlife Management Area

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Frances A. Crane Wildlife Management Area

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Frances A. Crane Wildlife Management Area is a wildlife management area in Falmouth, Massachusetts, operated by the state Department of Fish and Game. ()

Established: 1958 (66 years ago)Elevation: 3 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 41°37'49"N, 70°51'21"W

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MassachusettsUnited States

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Frances A. Crane Wildlife Management Area – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Effie M. Morrissey, Reservation Golf Club, Fort Phoenix, Palmer Island Light.

3.4 miW
Ship
Effie M. Morrissey, New Bedford
86 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.
2.3 miNE
41°39'23"N • 70°49'37"W
Reservation Golf Club, Mattapoisett
60 min walk • Golf
2.4 miW
State park, Beach, Outdoor activities
Fort Phoenix, New Bedford
62 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.
2.8 miW
Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture
Palmer Island Light, New Bedford
71 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.
2.4 miW
Church, Architecture, Sacred and religious sites
Unitarian Memorial Church, New Bedford
62 min walk • Unitarian Memorial Church is a historic church on 102 Green Street in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, home to the Unitarian Universalist Society of Fairhaven.
2.9 miNE
Church
Third Meetinghouse, Mattapoisett
74 min walk • The Third Meetinghouse is an historic church, community meeting house and Grange Hall at 1 Fairhaven Road in Mattapoisett, Massachusetts.
2.7 miSW
Lighthouse
Butler Flats Light, New Bedford
70 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.
3.4 miSW
Park, Gothic Revival architecture
Hazelwood Park, New Bedford
87 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.
3.4 miNE
41°39'13"N • 70°47'54"W
Mattapoisett Boatyard, Mattapoisett
86 min walk • Sailing, Marina
2.5 miW
Town, Area
Fairhaven, New Bedford
65 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.
1 miE
Park
Nasketucket Bay State Reservation, Mattapoisett
27 min walk • 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.