The Plymouth Barrier Beach, as seen from Plymouth Beach village.

Plymouth Beach (also called Plymouth Long Beach or The Point) is a small village located in Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the It is located directly south of Plymouth Center, and is adjacent to Plimoth Plantation. Plymouth Center is a Census-designated place (CDP in the town of Plymouth in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. Plimoth Plantation is a Living museum in Plymouth, Massachusetts that reconstructs the original settlement of the Plymouth Colony established Plymouth Beach consists of a motel, a restaurant and a small beachside community along Warren Cove. Warren Cove is an arm of Plymouth Bay in Plymouth Massachusetts.

Barrier beach

The village of Plymouth Beach is best known for its prominent barrier beach. A shoal or sandbar (also called sandbank) is a somewhat Linear Landform within or extending into a body of Water, The beach is approximately three miles in length. It begins just south of the Eel River bridge on Route 3A, and juts out almost due north, running along the last ½ mile (0. The Eel River is a 39 mile river mostly in the village of Chiltonville in Plymouth Massachusetts. Route 3A is a State highway in eastern Massachusetts, whose southern portion parallels Route 3 from Cedarville in southern Plymouth 8 km) of the river before it empties into Plymouth Harbor. Plymouth Harbor is the name of a Harbor located in Plymouth Massachusetts, a town in the South Shore region of the state The barrier beach offers protection of Plymouth Harbor.

Plymouth Beach is also an important breeding and nesting site for several threatened and endangered shorebirds, including the Piping Plover and the Least, Arctic, Common and Roseate Terns. The Piping Plover ( Charadrius melodus) is a small Plover. The Piping Plover is a sand-colored sparrow-sized shorebird that nests and feeds along coastal The Least Tern ( Sternula antillarum, formerly Sterna antillarum) is a species of Tern that breeds in North America and locally in northern The Arctic Tern ( Sterna paradisaea) is a Seabird of the Tern family Sternidae. The Common Tern ( Sterna hirundo) is a Seabird of the Tern family Sternidae The Roseate Tern ( Sterna dougallii) is a Seabird of the Tern family Sternidae The barrier beach serves as a critical migratory stopover site. Over 20,000 migratory shorebirds use Plymouth Beach as a "fuel stop" to put on weight before continuing long distance migration. The birds' routes typically span up to 3,000 miles (4,858 km) of non-stop flight. The most northerly 3,000 feet (914 m) of the barrier beach has been protected and maintained as a tern and piping plover colony by the Massachusetts Audubon Society, and is owned by the Town of Plymouth. The Massachusetts Audubon Society founded in 1896 and headquartered in Lincoln Massachusetts is a nonprofit organization dedicated to "Protecting the nature of Massachusetts

See also

• Neighborhoods in Plymouth, Massachusetts

External links

• Plymouth Town Website
• Information about Plymouth Beach at Pilgrim Hall Museum