232 Middle Road, Acushnet, MA

508-998-0270

Monday-Thursday 10:30am-7:30pm, Friday 1pm-5pm, and Saturday 9:30am-2:30pm

Check out what’s happening at the library (acupl.org (link opens in a new window)) and in the community:

• Acushnet Creamery has the best ice cream around and is located at 264 Main Street - just a 4-minute drive from the library!
• Acushnet Sawmill offers a 0.6-mile trail loop, featuring wildflowers and wildlife on the Acushnet River. Located at 32 Mill Rd, and right on the Acushnet / New Bedford border, it's a quick 4-minute drive from the library.

53 Main St, North Easton, MA 02356

508-238-2000

Monday-Thursday 9am-8pm; Friday 9am-5pm; Saturday 10am-5pm

Check out what’s happening at the library (amesfreelibrary.org (link opens in a new window)) and in the community:

• Hilliards Chocolates
• North Easton's Historic District: named a National Historic Landmark District in 1987, and which contains 5 buildings designed by H.H. Richardson
• Ames Free Library's Queset Garden

74 N Main St, Attleboro, MA 02703

508-222-0157

Monday and Wednesday 8:30am-8:30pm

Check out what’s happening at the library (attleborolibrary.org (link opens in a new window)) and in the community:

• Next door to Balfour Riverwalk Park, playground and Tex Barry's Hotdog Stand
• Attleboro Arts Museum, with free admission, is just a few blocks away
• Two MA Audubon Sanctuaries, Oak Knoll and Attleboro Springs, are less than two miles away.
• the Capron Zoo

2 North Main St, Berkley, MA 02779

508-822-3329

Tuesday 9am-5pm, Wednesday and Thursday 1pm-8pm, Friday 9am-12pm, and Saturday 9am-2pm

Check out what’s happening at the library (berkleylibrary.org (link opens in a new window)) and in the community:

• The Berkley Public Library is a Carnegie Library and was completed in 1918. Improvements including installation of electricity, a heating system, and indoor plumbing were made later.
• Dighton Rock State Park is a park that holds the Dighton Rock, a boulder with petroglyphs of uncertain age and authorship, in a museum on an 85-acre site on the Taunton River. Trails and river views highlight the park.
• The Bridge Village Heritage Park at 70 Elm Street is a tiny park at the foot of the Berkley-Dighton Bridge on the Taunton River. It is a spot for fishing, picnicking, and putting in a canoe or kayak.
• Berkley Historical Society Museum

15 South St, Bridgewater, MA, 02324

508-697-3331

Monday-Wednesday 9am-8pm, Thursday and Friday 9am-5pm, Saturday and Sunday: Closed

Check out what’s happening at the library (bridgewaterpubliclibrary.org (link opens in a new window)) and in the community:

2 Meadowbrook Way, Carver, MA 02330

508-866-3415

Monday 10am-6pm, Tuesday 10am-8pm, Wednesday 10am-6pm, Thursday 10am-4pm, Friday 10am-4pm, Saturday 10am-2pm

Check out what’s happening at the library (carverpl.org (link opens in a new window)) and in the community:

• Myles Standish State Forest is a great spot for hiking and biking. Pack a picnic lunch and enjoy the scenery!
• Visit the playground adjacent to the library and behind Town Hall. It's in a new location and has lots of fun structures for the kids.
• Visit one of Carver's many ponds, including Sampson's Pond in South Carver and John's Pond off Silva St.
• Downtown Plymouth, Plimoth Patuxet, Mayflower, King Richard's Faire

211 Cross Rd, North Dartmouth, MA 02747

508-999-0728

Monday, Wednesday & Saturday 9am-5pm, Tuesday 9am-8pm, Thursday 12-8pm

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732 Dartmouth St, South Dartmouth, MA 02748

508-999-0726

Monday-Thursday 9am-8pm, Friday-Saturday 9am-5pm

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979 Somerset Ave, Dighton, MA 02715

508-669-6421

Sunday: Closed, Monday 10am-4pm, Tuesday 10am-6pm, Wednesday and Thursday 12pm-8pm, Friday 10am-4pm, and Saturday 10am-2pm

Check out what’s happening at the library (dightonlibrary.org (link opens in a new window)) and in the community:

• Sweets Knoll State Park
• Under the Sun Farm
• Araujo Farms
• Tricentennial Park
• Dighton Rock State Park

32 Union St, East Bridgewater, MA 02333

508-378-1616

Monday and Tuesday 9am-8pm, Wednesday 9am-5pm, Thursday and Friday 9am-4pm, Saturday 9am-2pm

Check out what’s happening at the library (eastbridgewaterlibrary.org (link opens in a new window)) and in the community:

• Skinner's Sugar House - Handmade chocolates, roasted nuts, 51+ flavors of the local favorite Richardson's Homemade Ice Cream.
• Bay Circuit Trail - Parts of this 230-mile long trail run through East Bridgewater. For more info visit: https://www.baycircuit.org/ (link opens in a new window)
• Historical Sachem Rock Farm

5 Washburn Road, East Freetown, MA 02717

508-763-5344

Tuesday 10am-7pm, Wednesday 10am-5pm, Thursday 10am-7pm, Friday 10am-3pm and Saturday 10am-1pm

Check out what’s happening at the library (freetownma.gov/1203/Libraries (link opens in a new window)) and in the community:

• Home to the Freetown-Fall River State Forest - Including the Assonet Ledge and the (former) Profile Rock

104 North Main Street, Fall River, MA 02720

508-342-2700

Monday-Thursday 8am-8pm, Friday 9am-4pm (in summer), open Saturdays rest of year

Check out what’s happening at the library (fallriverlibrary.org (link opens in a new window)) and in the community:

• Fall River Children's Museum(https://www.cmgfr.org/)
• Battleship Cove(https://www.battleshipcove.org/)
• Lizzie Borden House
• Oak Grove Cemetery Fall River(https://www.instagram.com/oakgrovecemeteryfr?igsh=bGduYmpmdDB4cG1p)

10 Bird Street, Foxborough, MA 02035

508-543-1245

Summer Hours: Monday-Thursday 10am-8pm, Friday 10am-5pm, and Saturday 10am-1pm

Check out what’s happening at the library (boydenlibrary.org (link opens in a new window)) and in the community:

• Gillette – The Nature Trail and Cranberry Bog
• Patriot Place – lots of shops and restaurants
• F. Gilbert Hills State Forest – 45 Mill Street, Foxborough
• Fox-In-The Boro – check out the fox statues around town

470 Plymouth Street Halifax, MA 02338

7812932271

Current: Monday 10am-7pm, Tuesday 10am-5pm, Wednesday 10am-8pm, Thursday 10am-5pm, Friday 10am-2pm, Saturday 10am-2pm. Starting June 22: Monday 10am-8pm, Tuesday 10am-5pm, Wednesday 10am-8pm, Thursday 10am-8pm, Friday 10am-2pm

Check out what’s happening at the library (holmespubliclibrary.org (link opens in a new window)) and in the community:

• Big new popular playground adjacent to the library
• Three brand new play spaces in the Children's Area of the building
• Local History section to learn about all things Halifax

4 Precinct St, Lakeville, MA 02347

508-947-9028

Monday and Tuesday 10am-8pm, Wednesday 10am-6pm, Thursday 10am-8pm, and Saturday 10am-2pm

Check out what’s happening at the library (lakevillelibrary.org (link opens in a new window)) and in the community:

• Story Walk at the Gamache Memorial Playground at Ted Williams Camp, 28 Precinct St, Lakeville, MA 02347

255 Hope St., Mansfield, MA 02048

508-261-7380

Monday - Thursday 10am - 8pm, Friday 10am - 5pm, Saturday 10am- 4pm

Check out what’s happening at the library (mansfieldlibraryma.com (link opens in a new window)) and in the community:

• Mass Arts Center: Performing arts center and exhibition space.
• Great Woods Conservation Area: A large, forested natural area features multiple hiking trails with scenic views
• The Flannel Cow: The best homemade ice cream!
• The Xfinity Center
• The Fisher-Richardson House

7 Barstow St., Mattapoisett, MA 02739

508-758-4171

Monday: Closed, Tuesday and Wednesday 10am-8pm, Thursday and Friday 10am-5pm, and Saturday 10am-4pm

Check out what’s happening at the library (mattapoisettlibrary.org (link opens in a new window)) and in the community:

• Verified signature of Abraham Lincoln in a frame on the wall of the library. It is one of three calling cards found in his pocket on the night of his assassination.
• Ned's Point Lighthouse is a town owned park featuring a lighthouse built in 1838 and named after local resident, Ned Dexter. It is one of the smallest active lighthouses remaining in the area.
• Salty the Seahorse, a 38 foot tall roadside attraction, is maintained by the Mattapoisett Land Trust on their Dunseith Gardens property.
• Shipyard Park
• Mattapoisett Rail Trail

102 North Main Street, Middleborough, MA 02346

508-946-270

Monday-Thursday 9am-8pm, Friday and Saturday 9am-2pm, and Sundays: Closed

Check out what’s happening at the library (midlib.org (link opens in a new window)) and in the community:

• Oliver Mill Park
• Soule Homestead
• Middleborough Historical Museum
• Pratt Farm

613 Pleasant St, New Bedford, MA 02740

508-979-1647

Monday-Thursday 9am-9pm, Friday and Saturday 9am-5pm

Check out what’s happening at the library (newbedford-ma.gov/library/ (link opens in a new window)) and in the community:

• Established in 1852 by a city ordinance, the New Bedford Free Public Library is among the earliest free municipal libraries in the United States.
• Built as a City Hall in the 1830’s, the present building was reconstructed after a fire in 1906. Once reconstruction was complete, the buildings switched permanently and is now home to significant historical holdings, including materials on Whaling, Quaker and 19th century Abolition Movement and museum-quality collection of fine art.
• The Library consists of the Main Library, and four branches. The Wilks, Howland-Green and Francis J. Lawler Branches were built with funds left in trust to the library by Sylvia Ann Howland-Green Wilks, whose mother was the famous financier Hetty Green. The Casa da Saudade Branch was built with a federal fund in 1971. The Main Library is open 64 hours per week and the branches are open 40 hours per week.
• New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park
• Abolition Row Park
• Palmer’s Island

1911 Acushnet Ave, New Bedford, MA 02746

508-991-6214

Monday-Thursday 9am-8pm, Friday and Saturday 9am-5pm

Check out what’s happening at the library (newbedfordlibrary.org (link opens in a new window)) and in the community:

68 E Main St., Norton, MA 02766

508-285-0265

Monday 9:00am – 7:30pm, Tuesday 9:00am – 7:30pm, Wednesday 9:00am – 3:30pm, Thursday 9:00am – 7:30pm, Friday 9:00am – 3:00pm, Saturday Closed, Sunday Closed

Check out what’s happening at the library (nortonlibrary.org (link opens in a new window)) and in the community:

• Library park with landscaping, benches, gazebo and “Once Upon a Time” cast bronze statuary of two children reading by Dennis Smith
• "A Family of Whales" sculpture by artist Geoffrey Moran in the library
• Multiple hiking and walking sites and Land Preservation Society preserves including some by bodies of water
• WWII Veterans Memorial Trail (Rail Trail)

142 Center St., Pembroke, MA 02359

781-293-6771

Monday-Thursday 9am-8pm, Friday and Saturday 9am-5pm, Closed Sunday

Check out what’s happening at the library (pembrokepubliclibrary.org (link opens in a new window)) and in the community:

• Herring Run Park
• checking out and using one of our Backpack Tours of the Town
• Viewing our "Bee" that resides on top of the old library building out front

760 South Main Street, Raynham, MA 02767

508-823-1344

Monday-Thursday 10am-8pm, Friday and Saturday 10am-4pm

Check out what’s happening at the library (raynhampubliclibrary.org (link opens in a new window)) and in the community:

• We have a small outdoor amphitheater where we host programs and events.
• Raynham is home to the largest Buddhist temple outside of Thailand (who knew, right?) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wat_Nawamintararachutis
• Our small cozy library looks like a house. It's an expanded cape, complete with fireplace.
• The Wat Nawamintararachutis Meditation Center (Buddhist Temple)
• Johnson's Pond Recreational Park
• Hewitt's Pond Reserve
• Freedom Food Farm

118 N Washington St, North Attleborough, MA 02760

508-699-0122

Summer Hours: Monday- Thursday 9am-7pm, Friday and Saturday 9am-1pm

17 Constitution Way, Rochester, MA 02770

508-763-8600

Monday & Thursday 1:00pm-8:00pm, Tuesday & Wednesday 10:00am-6:00pm, Friday 10:00am-5:00pm, Saturday 10:00am-2:00pm

Check out what’s happening at the library (plumblibrary.com (link opens in a new window)) and in the community:

• Witch Rock - Spot of folkloric interest. Directions: I-195 exit 19B. Drive north on North St. for several miles until it ends at New Bedford Rd. Turn right. The rock is just up the road, tucked under some trees, on the north side of New Bedford Rd just as it intersects Vaughan Hill Rd. Private property.
• East Over Farm - Historic farm still in operation today. 131 Hiller Rd, Rochester, MA 02770
• Rochester Town Common - The Library is located in the Commons, which also includes historic Town Hall, First Congregational Church, and the Civil War Monument. Just across the street is Plumb Corner Market, where you can purchase refreshments at Friends Market or have lunch at Costa's Kitchen.
• Rochester Land Trust(https://rochesterlandtrust.org/properties/)
• Captain Bonney’s Ice Cream(https://captbonneys.com/)

59 Marion Road, Wareham, MA 02571

508-295-2343

Monday 9am-5pm, Tuesday and Wednesday 9am-8pm, Friday and Saturday 9am-3pm (Closed Saturday July & August)

Check out what’s happening at the library (warehamfreelibrary.org (link opens in a new window)) and in the community:

• Stroll along Onset Beach and enjoy the Victorian village of Onset, its shops, restaurants and parks. Enjoy a pizza at Marc Anthony's. and check out the activities at the Buzzards Bay Coalition building on the beach.
• Take a hike at Horseshoe Mill Conservation land, part of the Buzzard's Bay Coalition provides easy hiking and paddling access for canoes and kayaks. Take a look at other properties under the Wareham Land Trust.
• Enjoy an afternoon sitting in the library courtyard reading a book, chatting with a friend or just enjoying a quiet cup of coffee.
• Fearing Tavern Museum

80 Howard Street, West Bridgewater, MA 02379

508-894-1255

Monday 10am-5pm, Tuesday and Wednesday 10am-8pm, Thursday and Friday 10am-5pm, Saturday 10am-2pm

Check out what’s happening at the library (westbpl.org (link opens in a new window)) and in the community:

• West Bridgewater Rail Trail is a short, flat hike
• Crystals Kitchen (Thai, Chinese, Japanese & Malaysian) and Lawadessa (Middle Eastern) - great independently owned restaurants
• Eclectic - Antique Co-op
• War Memorial Park
• Skim Milk Bridge
• Friendship Park (playground) next to library

408 Old County Road, Westport, MA 02790

508-636-1100

Monday & Thursday 11:00am-8:00am, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday 9:00am-5:00pm

Check out what’s happening at the library (westport-ma.com/westport-free-public-library (link opens in a new window)) and in the community:

• Westport is a unique town with farming charm, beaches, rivers, nature trails and preserves, as well as quaint New England historical villages.
• Beautiful outdoor amphitheater surrounding a 100-Year old oak tree.
• Inspiring art and historical materials collection

110 Randall Rd, Wrentham, MA 02093

508-384-5440

Monday 10am-5pm, Tuesday-Thursday 10am-8pm, Friday 10am-5pm and Saturday 10am-4pm (Closed Sat July & August)

Check out what’s happening at the library (fiskelib.org (link opens in a new window)) and in the community:

• The Big Apple Farm
• Cook’s Farm
• White Barn Farm
• Sweatt Beach at Lake Pearl