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, fax: 1 508-758-2527.
- Brownell Boat Yard, 1 Park St, ☏ 1 508 758-2413.
Get around
See
- Mattapoisett Historical Museum, 5 Church St, ☏ 1 508 758-2844.
- 1 Ned's Point Lighthouse, ✉[email protected]. 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
- [dead link]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
- 1 Mattapoisett Inn, 23 Water St (across from Town Wharf), ☏ 1 508 758-9733, ✉[email protected]. Check-in: 3–6PM preferred, check-out: 11AM. $130–280.
- [dead link]Kinsale Inn, 13 Water St, ☏ 1 508 758-4922.
Go next
| Routes through Mattapoisett |
| New Bedford ← Fairhaven ← | W  E | → Marion → Wareham |
| New Bedford ← Fairhaven ← | W  E | → Marion → Provincetown |