Green Harbor Massachusetts Map

About Green Harbor, Massachusetts

Green Harbor is a locality in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. It is a small community with a population of 394. The population density is 456.8 people per km². Green Harbor is located at 42.0660°N, 70.6487°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 02050, 02041.

Green Harbor defines the edge of the land where the Green Harbor River spills its brackish cargo into the Atlantic Ocean. It lies 2.8 miles north-northeast of Duxbury, MA (from Duxbury, MA: bearing 25°T), and is situated 8.3 miles north of Plymouth. The landscape here is a low, fluid mosaic of salt-marsh grasses and tidal flats that pulse with the rhythm of the rising and falling tides, grounding the horizon in a perpetual state of flux. To the west, the subtle rise of Cedar Crest breaks the flatness of the coastal plain, while the dark, jagged silhouette of Blue Fish Rock keeps a lonely vigil just offshore. The air holds a sharp, brine-heavy clarity, and when the light catches the water at dusk, the entire expanse of the Cape Cod Bay Ocean Sanctuary glows with a bruised, metallic violet that seems to swallow the boundary between earth and sky.

Green Harbor has long been a place of quiet industry, where the labor of the sea—once defined by the seasonal harvest of fish and the maintenance of wooden hulls—has slowly shifted toward the rhythms of a modern coastal life. The memory of early maritime commerce remains etched into the weathered pilings of the docks and the sturdy, unadorned architecture that faces the wind. Inland, the landscape is punctuated by the quiet stillness of the Bluefish River Reservoir, a stark contrast to the restless Atlantic Ocean that dictates the life of the shore. Whether one is watching the gulls wheel over the river mouth or walking the perimeter of the Duxbury Town Forest, there is a sense that the character of Green Harbor is forged not by grand gestures, but by the persistent, salt-worn endurance of a people who have learned to live in the narrow space between the rising tide and the rising sun.

About This Green Harbor Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Green Harbor, Massachusetts. Coordinates: 42.065998, -70.648727. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Green Harbor includes the ZIP code (02050, 02041), telephone area code (339, 351, 413, 508, 617, 774, 781, 857, 978), county seat of Plymouth County (Plymouth), and school district assignment (Duxbury School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.