Freetown (Massachusetts)

Freetown is a rural town on the Assonet River in the SouthCoast region of Massachusetts. It includes the villages of East Freetown and Assonet.

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  • 🌍 Freetown-Fall River State Forest, +1 508 644-5522. Slab Bridge Rd., Assonet. Near the main entrance is a day-use area, with a wading pool, picnic area, and restrooms. The rest of the 5400 acre forest offers 50 miles of unpaved roads and trails for horseback riding, cross country skiing, and mountain biking. Seasonal motorcycle and snowmobile users are welcome, as are hunters and fishermen in season. Rattlesnake Brook is stocked with brook trout each spring. The Forest also includes the 227 acre Watuppa Reservation, the site of annual tribal meetings of the Wampanoag Nation, which belongs to that tribe. Profile Rock, a 50-foot outcropping, shows a profile of what the Wampanoags believe to be Chief Massasoit.

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Routes through Freetown
Boston Berkley  N  S  Fall River Portsmouth
Taunton Lakeville  N  S  New Bedford Ends at
Weymouth Lakeville  N  S  New Bedford Ends at


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