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Best Things to Do in Dartmouth

By travelguylife.com

Demarest Lloyd State Park

A 200-acre state park was created in 1953 at the point where Slocums River empties into Buzzards Bay.

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Lloyd Center for the Environment

Since 1981, nature-focused programming has been held at this 55-acre reserve, which includes a river estuary and a maritime forest. 

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Apponagansett Park

This adorable harborside park offers views of Little Island and the settlement of Padanaram across the water.

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New Bedford

New Bedford, which for much of the 19th century was the world's top whaling port, shares a border with Dartmouth.

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Destruction Brook Woods

Contrary to what the name suggests, the Dartmouth Natural Resources Trust's largest reserve is considerably kinder.

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Cornell Farm

This 130-acre beachfront parcel was home to a well-known, family-run salt farm for five generations.

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Parsons Reserve

It must be late winter or early spring if there is a good time to visit this reserve at the mouth of Slocums River.

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Dartmouth Orchards

A third generation family farm with a stand on the side of the road is located just west of the University of Massachusetts campus.

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Slocum’s River Reserve

The Trustees of Reservations and Dartmouth Natural Resources Trust acquired this public preserve in 1999 on what was formerly farmland along a beautiful section of the Slocums River.

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Dartmouth Farmers’ Market

Every Friday from the beginning of June to the end of October, the South Dartmouth village of Padanaram hosts a farmers' market.

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