Kennedy Park, Fall River

Name: Kennedy Park
Address: Fall River, United States

#12 among attractions in Fall River

Park, Relax in park

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Kennedy Park is a 57-acre historic park located in Fall River, Massachusetts. It is bounded by South Main Street, Bradford Avenue, Middle, and Bay Streets in the southern part of the city. The area of the city where the park is located was until 1862, part of Rhode Island. ()

Built: 1868 (156 years ago)Elevation: 98 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 41°41'45"N, 71°10'19"W

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Kennedy Park – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Saint Anne Parish, Narrows Center for the Arts, Lizzie Borden House, USS Joseph P. Kennedy Jr..

0.4 miE
Church
Saint Anne Parish, Fall River
12 min walk • St. Anne's Church and Parish Complex, now St. Anne's Shrine, is a national historic landmark located at the intersection of South Main and Middle streets in Fall River, Massachusetts. Until 2018, it was a parish in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fall River.
0.7 miNE
Museum, Concerts and shows, Theater
Narrows Center for the Arts, Fall River
18 min walk • The Narrows Center for the Arts is a non-profit art and musical performance venue in Fall River, Massachusetts, USA. It was founded in 1995 for the promotion and enjoyment of the visual and performing arts.
0.8 miE
Museum, Historical place, History museum
Lizzie Borden House, Fall River
22 min walk • The Lizzie Borden House is notorious for being the home of Lizzie Borden and her family, and it is the location of the 1892 unsolved double murder of Lizzie's father and stepmother Andrew and Abby Borden. It is located on 230 Second Street in the city of Fall River, Massachusetts.
0.8 miNE
Ship
USS Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., Fall River
21 min walk • USS Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. is a former United States Navy Gearing-class destroyer. The ship was named after Lieutenant Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. a naval aviator, son of the former Ambassador to Britain, Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. and older brother of future President John F. Kennedy...
0.8 miNE
Bridge
Charles M. Braga Jr. Memorial Bridge, Fall River
21 min walk • The Charles M. Braga Jr. Memorial Bridge, also known as the Braga Bridge, is a through truss bridge that carries Interstate 195 over the Taunton River between the town of Somerset and the city of Fall River, near the mouth of the Quequechan River at the confluence with Mount Hope Bay.
0.9 miNE
Ship
Hiddensee, Fall River
22 min walk • Hiddensee is a former East German Navy corvette, now part of the Battleship Cove site at Fall River, Massachusetts. Originally a Soviet vessel, the corvette was transferred first to the East German Navy, then to the German Navy, and ended her career in the United States.
0.8 miNE
Museum, Specialty museum, History museum
Old Colony & Fall River Railroad Museum, Fall River
20 min walk • The Old Colony & Fall River Railroad Museum was a small railroad museum located in Fall River Massachusetts. The Old Colony and Fall River Railroad operated from 1854 to 1863, and later as part of the extensive Old Colony Railroad system.
1.1 miE
Music and shows, Nightlife, Music venue
Academy Building, Fall River
29 min walk • Academy Building is a historic building in Fall River, Massachusetts. The building was constructed in 1875 as a memorial to Nathaniel Briggs Borden by his family. It opened its doors on January 6, 1876. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
0.6 miNE
Museum, Maritime museum
Marine Museum at Fall River, Fall River
17 min walk • The Maritime Museum at Battleship Cove, formerly the Marine Museum at Fall River in Fall River, Massachusetts, is a historical and nautical museum with memorabilia, artifacts, and ship models of the Fall River Line and RMS Titanic.
0.8 miNE
Ship
USS Lionfish, Fall River
22 min walk • USS Lionfish, a Balao-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy named for the lionfish, a scorpaenid fish native to the Pacific and an invasive species found around the Caribbean.
0.6 miN
Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture
Borden Flats Light, Fall River
16 min walk • Borden Flats Light is a historic lighthouse on the Taunton River in Fall River, Massachusetts, US. It is a tower-on-caisson type known as a sparkplug lighthouse. The light was built in 1881, and added to the National Register of Historic Places as Borden Flats Light Station on June 15, 1987, reference number 87001528.

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Which popular attractions are close to Kennedy Park?

Nearby attractions include St. Stanislaus Parish, Fall River (9 min walk), Saint Anne Parish, Fall River (12 min walk), Brayton Methodist Episcopal Church, Fall River (13 min walk), St. Patrick's Church, Fall River (14 min walk).