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Westport (Massachusetts) Travel Guide

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Westport is a town in the SouthCoast region of Massachusetts along the border with Rhode Island. Largely a residential and farming community, Horseneck Beach and Westport River provide beauty and recreation. Westport includes the village of North Westport.

Contents

Get in

  • Logan International Airport (BOS) in Boston and T.F. Green Airport in Warwick (Rhode Island) are the major airports.
  • Westport is reached via Interstate 195 to Route 88 at Exit 10. Routes 6 and 177 also serve the town.
  • Harbormaster, Phone: +1 508-636-6827, VHF Channel 16.

Get around

See

  • Westport Rivers Vineyard & Winery, 417 Hixbridge Road, Phone: +1 508-636-3423, [1]. Daily 11AM-5PM, tours Sa,Su 1PM,3PM. Free wine tasting.

Do

  • Horseneck Beach State Reservation, Route 88 to John Reed Road, Phone: +1 508-636-8816, [2]. Over 600 acres of barrier beach and salt marsh, this 2 mi. (3.2 km) long beach is often breezy with surf. It is an excellent place for walks and birding. Views of the Elizabeth Islands.
  • Osprey Sea Kayak Adventures, 489 Old County Road, Phone: +1 508-636-0300, [3]. Instructions, rentals, nature tours, adventure trips.

Buy

  • Gray's Grist Mill, 638 Adamsville Road (Near the RI border), Phone: +1 508-636-6075. Tu-Su 12PM-4PM. Still grinding corn.

Eat

  • The Back Eddy, 1 Bridge Road, Phone: +1 508-636-6500, [4].
  • Handy Hill Creamery, 55 Hix Bridge Road at Rt. 88, Phone: +1 508-636-8888. Summer only. Ice cream/clam cakes, etc.
  • The Bayside Restaurant, 1253 Horseneck Road, Phone: +1 508-636-5882, [5]. Daily in summer, M-F 11AM-9PM, Sa,Su 8AM-9PM. Dine inside or out. American.

Drink

  • Buzzards Bay Brewing, 98 Horseneck Rd, Phone:508-636-2288, [6]. Daily 11AM-5PM. Tours on Sa, Su. Tastings and slaes of their award winning lagers and ales.

Sleep

  • Harbor Inn, 23 Acoaxet Rd., Phone: +1 508-636-5915, [7]]. Ten rooms, seasonal. Beach.
  • Country View Motel, 1344 Main Rd., Phone: +1 508-636-2281.
  • Hampton Inn, 53 Old Bedford Rd., Phone: +1 508-675-8500.
  • Paquachuck Inn, 2056 Main Rd., Phone: +1 508-636-4398.


Camping

  • Westport Camping Grounds, 346 Old County Road, Phone: +1 508-636-2555. 25 sites.

Get out

Little Compton is the bordering Rhode Island town

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