'''Mattapoisett''' is a charming town along the southern coast Massachusetts with a large harbor on Buzzards Bay. It's 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: ''+1'' 508-758-3812, Fax: ''+1'' 508-758-2527, [http://www.mattapoisettboatyard.com].
  • '''Brownell Boat Yard''', 1 Park St , Phone: ''+1'' 508-758-2413, [http://www.brownellboatyard.com].
  • Get around

    See

  • '''Mattapoisett Historical Museum''', 5 Church St., Phone: ''+1'' 508-758-2844.
  • '''Ned's Point Lighthouse''', Veteran's Memorial Park, nedspointlight@comcast.net. 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''', Brandt Beach Road, Phone: ''+1'' 508-992-4524[http://www.mass.gov/dcr/parks/southeast/nbsr.htm]. Hike over 200 acres of woods, fields and rocky shoreline.
  • Buy

    Eat

  • '''Kinsale Inn Restaurant and Pub''', 13 Water St. ''across from Town Wharf'', Phone: ''+1'' 508-758-4922, [http://www.kinsaleinn.com]. Year round. Built in 1799 this is the oldest seaside inn in the country.
  • '''Turks Market''', 83 Marion Rd., Phone: ''+1'' 508-758-3117. Family place, good fried food. Cash only.
  • '''Mattapoisett Chowder House & Tavern''', 79 Fairhaven Road, Phone: ''+1'' 508-758-4782.
  • Drink

    Sleep

  • '''Mattapoisett Inn''', 23 Water St. ''across from Town Wharf'', Phone: ''+1'' 508-758-9733, [http://www.23waterstreet.com].
  • '''Kinsale Inn''', 13 Water St., Phone: ''+1'' 508-758-4922, [http://www.kinsaleinn.com].
  • Get out