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Buzzards Bay and surrounding area from orbit (looking southwest) Buzzards Bay is a bay of the Atlantic Ocean adjacent to the U.S. state of Massachusetts. It is approximately 28 miles (45 kilometers) long by 8 miles (12 kilometers) wide. It is a popular destination for fishing, boating, and tourism. Buzzards Bay is often considered the finest ...
Buzzards Bay is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Bourne in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 3,859 at the 2010 census. [ 2 ] It is the most populous of the five CDPs in Bourne.
Map of Buzzards Bay, including the New Bedford area. Map of Fairhaven with part of New Bedford, showing Clark's Point in the lower left. Fort Phoenix. 8-inch M1888 disappearing gun emplacement at Fort Constitution, similar to those at Fort Rodman. 12-inch casemated gun, similar to the guns at Battery Milliken.
Marion is located on Buzzards Bay, and its geography is shaped by the water. Much of the town is separated into two halves by Sippican Harbor, with Converse Point to the west and Sippican Neck to the east. To the west of Converse Point is Aucoot Cove, where Aucoot Creek and Borden's Brook empty into the bay.
Wareham (/ ˈ w ɛər h æ m / WAIR-ham) is a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States.As of the 2022 census, the town had a population of 23,303. [1]Wareham is in the southern outskirts of Greater Boston, and is a part of the South Coast region of Massachusetts which encompasses the cities and towns that surround Buzzards Bay and Mount Hope Bay.
The hill is part of Buzzards Bay Moraine, created over ten thousand years ago by retreating glaciers at the end of the last ice age. [6] It is two miles (3.2 km) inland from Buzzards Bay itself and a mile from Massachusetts Route 28. The area is distinguished by sandy soil, bouldery till and an abundance of the pitch pine that gives the hill ...
After the rest area, Route 25 passes over Bourne Road and turns sharply to head in a southwestern direction, heading toward the village of Buzzards Bay. Route 25 has its final interchange in Buzzards Bay; Exit 10 (formerly Exit 2), which serves the villages of Buzzards Bay and Sagamore, connecting to US 6 (Scenic Highway) and Route 28 north. [2]
The Port of New Bedford is a deepwater port located at at the mouth of the Acushnet River on Buzzards Bay, with access to the Atlantic Ocean. It is in the harbor estuary on the southern coast of Massachusetts in New Bedford, Fairhaven and Acushnet. Once a major whaling port, it is the largest commercial fishing port by value in the United States.