Mattapoisett 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
By car
Mattapoisett is on Interstate 195.
By boat
- Mattapoisett Boatyard, 32 Ned's Point Road, +1 508 758-3812.
- Brownell Boat Yard, 1 Park St, +1 508 758-2413.
Get around
See
- Mattapoisett Historical Museum, 5 Church St, +1 508 758-2844.
- Ned's Point Lighthouse, 41.65087°, -70.795649°, nedspointlight@comcast.net. Veteran's Memorial Park, This 39 foot stone lighthouse is at a great picnic spot overlooking the harbor. Tours available on summer Thursdays.
- Summer Concerts at Shipyard Park.
Do
- Nasketucket State Park, +1 508 992-4524. Brandt Beach Road. Hike over 200 acres of woods, fields and rocky shoreline.
Buy
Eat
- The Inn at 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.
- Turks Market, 83 Marion Rd, +1 508 758-3117. Family place, good fried food. Cash only.
- Mattapoisett Chowder House & Tavern, 79 Fairhaven Road, +1 508 758-4782.
Drink
Sleep
- Mattapoisett Inn, 23 Water St (across from Town Wharf), 40.656167°, -70.813000°, +1 508 758-9733, deanne@themattapoisettinn.com. Check-in: 3–6PM preferred, check-out: 11AM. $130–280 2017-05-14
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