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DeutschMattapoisett is a charming town along the southern coast Massachusetts with a large harbor on Buzzards Bay. Its name is thought to come from the Wampanoag native word for "resting place". It is now a classic small coastal town.
Get in
[edit | edit source]By car
[edit | edit source]Mattapoisett is on Interstate 195.
By boat
[edit | edit source]- Mattapoisett Boatyard, 32 Ned's Point Road, ☏ +1 508 758-3812, fax: +1 508-758-2527.
- Brownell Boat Yard, 1 Park St, ☏ +1 508 758-2413.
Get around
[edit | edit source]See
[edit | edit source]- Mattapoisett Historical Museum, 5 Church St, ☏ +1 508 758-2844.
- 1 Ned's Point Lighthouse, nedspointlight@comcast.net. This 39-foot stone lighthouse in Veteran's Memorial Park is at a great picnic spot overlooking the harbor. Tours available on summer Thursdays.
- Summer Concerts at Shipyard Park.
Do
[edit | edit source]- Nasketucket Bay State Reservation, ☏ +1 508 992-4524. Brandt Beach Road. Hike over 200 acres of woods, fields and rocky shoreline.
Buy
[edit | edit source]Eat
[edit | edit source]- The Inn on Shipyard Park, 13 Water St (across from Town Wharf), ☏ +1 508 758-4922. Year round. Built in 1799 this is the oldest seaside inn in the country. Also a sleep option.
- Turks Market, 83 Marion Rd, ☏ +1 508 758-3117. Family place, good fried food. Cash only.
Drink
[edit | edit source]Sleep
[edit | edit source]Go next
[edit | edit source]| Routes through Mattapoisett |
| New Bedford ← Fairhaven ← | W  E | → Marion → Wareham |
| New Bedford ← Fairhaven ← | W  E | → Marion → Provincetown |