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. 

See

• Mattapoisett Historical Museum, 5 Church St, ☏ +1 508 758-2844. 
• 1 Ned's Point Lighthouse, 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. 

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. 

Sleep

• 1 Mattapoisett Inn, 23 Water St (across from Town Wharf), ☏ +1 508 758-9733, deanne@themattapoisettinn.com. Check-in: 3–6PM preferred, check-out: 11AM. $130–280. (updated May 2017)
• 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