Destinations · Massachusetts
New Bedford
MA · 41.6518, -70.9337
From New Bedford, Massachusetts, Byway's registries place 5 scenic byways within 30 miles.
Understand
New Bedford is a city of 101,000 people (2020), many of Portuguese (particularly Madeira) or Cape Verdean ancestry, still with a great many off the boat immigrants from both. The city has gone through strongly contrasting cycles of poverty and wealth, from its relatively late (by Southeast Massachusetts standards) settlement and foundation, to the peak of the whaling industry, its growth as a textile city in the 20th Century, and the subsequent crash brought on by rapid mill closure in the latter 20th century.
Day-trip loops
Baked loops for New Bedford are growing. The weave below is measured today; plan a live day trip and the engine routes it now.
Within reach
Measured from Byway's own registries, 30 miles around town.
Scenic byways
- Revolutionary Heritage Byway · 17 mi · national
- Route 114 and High Street · 17 mi
- Paradise Ave and Other Roads · 18 mi
- Old King's Highway (Route 6A) · 24 mi · national
- Veteran's Memorial Parkway · 24 mi
Lookouts
- Gaspee Point Overlook · 24 mi
- Prospect Terrace Viewpoint · 27 mi
Named places
- Sun Dial · 1 mi
- New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center · 1 mi
- New Bedford Art Museum · 1 mi
- New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park Visitor Center · 1 mi
- Rodman Candleworks · 1 mi
- Buzzards Bay Coalition · 1 mi
- Mariner's Home · 1 mi
- Seamen's Bethel · 1 mi
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More day-trip bases nearby
- Dartmouth · 3 mi
- SouthCoast · 5 mi
- Mattapoisett · 6 mi
- Westport · 6 mi
- Rochester · 8 mi
- Marion · 9 mi