Mattapoisett - town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States

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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