Buzzards Bay

Buzzards Bay is a bay next to the southeastern part of the U.S. State of Massachusetts. It is around 28 miles long and eight miles wide.

Buzzards Bay is a popular place for tourism, fishing and boating.

The name was given to this bay by colonists who saw a large bird they called a buzzard near the shores. But it was really an osprey.

Towns on Buzzards Bay were hit hardest by the effects of Hurricane Bob in August 1991.

Buzzards Bay Media

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  Buzzards Bay and surrounding area from orbit (looking southwest)

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  Zoom into this map at maps.bpl.org.*Publisher: Walker Lith. & Pub. Co.*Date: 1909.*Location: Buzzards Bay (Mass.)*Scale: Not drawn to scale. Call Number: G3762.B8A3 1909.B8