Mattapoisett

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, ☎ [phone], fax: [phone]. 
• Brownell Boat Yard, 1 Park St, ☎ [phone]. 

Get around

See

• Mattapoisett Historical Museum, 5 Church St, ☎ [phone]. 
• 🌍 Ned's Point Lighthouse, e-mail: [e-mail]. 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, ☎ [phone]. 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), ☎ [phone]. Year round. Built in 1799 this is the oldest seaside inn in the country. 
• Turks Market, 83 Marion Rd, ☎ [phone]. Family place, good fried food. Cash only. 
• Mattapoisett Chowder House & Tavern, 79 Fairhaven Road, ☎ [phone]. 

Drink

Sleep

• 🌍 Mattapoisett Inn, 23 Water St (across from Town Wharf), ☎ [phone], e-mail: [e-mail]. Check-in: 3–6PM preferred, check-out: 11AM. $130–280. (updated May 2017)
• Kinsale Inn, 13 Water St, ☎ [phone]. 

Go next

Routes through Mattapoisett

New Bedford ← Fairhaven ←	W  E	→ Marion → Wareham
New Bedford ← Fairhaven ←	W  E	→ Marion → Provincetown