Ranger Station at New Bedford Whaling National Historic Park - New Bedford MA
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Don.Morfe
N 41° 38.136 W 070° 55.398
19T E 339807 N 4611105
The Ranger Station is in the Visitor Center for the New Bedford Whaling National Historic Park. Here a person can obtain the NPS Cancellation Stamp.
Waymark Code: WM16C1E
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 06/26/2022
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member bitmapped
Views: 2

From Wikipedia

"New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park (NBWNHP) is a United States National Historical Park in New Bedford, Massachusetts, and is maintained by the National Park Service (NPS). The park commemorates the heritage of the world's preeminent whaling port during the nineteenth century.

Established in 1996, the park encompasses 34 acres (fourteen hectares) dispersed over thirteen city blocks. It includes a visitor center, the New Bedford National Historic Landmark District, the New Bedford Whaling Museum, the Seamen's Bethel, the schooner Ernestina, and the Rotch–Jones–Duff House and Garden Museum.

As a National Park, the NBWNHP is rather unusual in that the only properties owned by the NPS are the Visitor Center and the Corson Maritime Learning Center. Rather, the park is a historic district administered under a partnership between the NPS, the City of New Bedford and private building owners to preserve the historic landscapes, structures, and collections and promote research and educational programming associated with the history of whaling. The enabling legislation also established a formal affiliation with the Iñupiat Heritage Center in Utqiagvik, Alaska, to commemorate the more than 2,000 whaling voyages from New Bedford to the Western Arctic. The city promotes visitation to the park through advertising that calls it "New England's real seaport", as opposed to Connecticut's Mystic Seaport Museum which is a collection of historic buildings and vessels moved from various other locations throughout the region.

Although the famed Whaleman Memorial (commonly called the "Whaleman's Statue") is not within the park's boundaries, it is located only two blocks beyond its western boundary at the corner of William and Pleasant Streets in front of the New Bedford Public Library."

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Permits: no

Maps: yes

Public Restrooms: yes

Trail Conditions: no

Website if it is available: [Web Link]

Hours of Operation: Daily except Monday and Tuesday when closed. 10:00 AM TO 4:00 PM

Off Road Directions: Not listed

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