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North America > United States of America > New England > Massachusetts > Eastern Massachusetts > SouthCoast > Lakeville (Massachusetts)

Lakeville

Lakeville is a rural town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, in the United States. Lakeville is in Southeastern Massachusetts. It was originally part of the town of Middleboro. Lakeville became incorporated in 1853, named after its numerous bodies of water. It has over 4,000 acres of lakes. It is a small town with a land area of 29.9 square miles. Lakeville is sometimes referred to as "Pink Eye Village" by locals because of a highly populated area of albinos.

Get in

By Car

  • Lakeville can be reached from Route 105 off Interstate 495 or by Route 140.
  • Lakeville is less than an hour drive to/from Plymouth, Boston, Cape Cod, and Providence, RI.

By Plane

  • T.F. Green Airport in Warwick (Rhode Island)
  • Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts
  • Taunton Municipal Airport in East Taunton, Massachusetts (a small regional airport)

Get around

  • MBTA Communter Rail Service off Route 105 with service to Boston
  • Drive from point to point for quicker travel and convenience
  • Bicycle through the various trails and roads
  • Walk the sidewalks through the small town

See

Do

Golf

  • The Back Nine Club, 17 Heritage Hill Dr, ☏ +1 508-947-9991. Par 54, 18 holes over 3,012 yards. www.thebacknineclub.com 
  • Lakeville Country Club, 44 Clear Pond Rd, ☏ +1 508-947-6630. Par 72, 18 holes over 6,274 yards. 
  • Poquoy Brook Golf Course, 20 Leonard St, ☏ +1 508-947-5261. Par 72, 18 holes, 6,762 yards. 
  • LeBaron Hills Country Club. (updated Feb 2018)

Festivals

  • Lakeside Family Festival, 15 minute drive. A to East Freetown. amusement rides, game booths, food, flea market. wheel chair accessibility 
  • Cranberry Tri-fest. A terrific weekend of racing including a sprint distance triathlon, a kids duathlon, and a classic olympic distance triathlon 
  • [formerly dead link] Lakeville Haunted House. Entertainment, food, music, airbrush painting, haunted tour through a spook house,and a hay ride through the woods. wheel chair accessibility 

Recreation

  • hiking
  • biking
  • swimming
  • boating
  • fishing
  • picnicking
  • skating at Ted Williams Camp

Buy

Eat

Drink

Sleep

Nearby hotels/inns to Lakeville:

  • Days Inn, 30 East Clark Street, ☏ +1 508-946-4400. Middleboro, MA 02346. 
  • Fairfield Inn, 4 Chalet Road, ☏ +1 508-946-4000. Middleboro, MA 02346. 
  • Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites, 43 Harding St, ☏ +1 508-946-3398. Middleboro, MA 02346. 

Go next

Lakeville is a starting point for a tour of any part of southern New England.

  • Many of the region's major roads cross near Lakeville.
  • Lakeville is only 45 minutes drive from some of southern New England's major tourist destinations, such as, Boston, Plymouth, Cape Cod, and Providence, RI and Newport, RI.
Routes through Lakeville
Foxborough ← Taunton ←  N  S  → Freetown → New Bedford
Weymouth ← Middleborough ←  N  S  → Freetown → New Bedford
Boston ← Brockton ←  N  S  → Wareham → Hyannis
Boston ← Bridgewater ←  NW  SE  → END


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