Rocky Point is a

peninsula A peninsula (; ) is a landform that extends from a mainland and is surrounded by water on most, but not all of its borders. A peninsula is also sometimes defined as a piece of land bordered by water on three of its sides. Peninsulas exist on all ...

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. The peninsula runs along Warren Cove and

Plymouth Bay Plymouth Bay is a small, well-protected bay of the Atlantic Ocean on the western shore of larger Cape Cod Bay along the coastline of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Plymouth Bay retains historical significance for the landing at Plymouth Rock in ...

. The tip of the peninsula marks the convergence of Plymouth Bay and the larger

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. The land rising from Plymouth Bay is considered to be the

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to the Pine Hills. The neighborhood of the same name runs along the shoreline from Route 3A just south of the merge with

Plimoth Plantation Highway Plimoth Patuxet Highway, formerly Plimoth Plantation Highway, is a short unnumbered two-lane freeway with plastic stanchions posted on a rumbled asphalt median in Plymouth in the US state of Massachusetts. The highway was created in 1951 as a seg ...

to the

Pilgrim Nuclear Generating Station Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station (PNPS) is a decommissioned nuclear power plant in Massachusetts in the Manomet section of Plymouth on Cape Cod Bay, south of the tip of Rocky Point and north of Priscilla Beach. Like many similar plants, it was co ...

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is located in the midsection of the neighborhood.

Erosion

Heavy rains during July and August 2008 caused a failure of a

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on Rocky Hill Road east of Driftwood Lane. The rainwater was diverted, forming a

gully A gully is a landform created by running water, mass movement, or commonly a combination of both eroding sharply into soil or other relatively erodible material, typically on a hillside or in river floodplains or terraces. Gullies resemble lar ...

along a property downhill on Driftwood Lane and washing out a stretch of that road. While a town engineer has declared that property to be safe, the homeowners are fearful for their safety. The water also exposed the

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of the house directly above that property on Rocky Hill Road.Erosion Hits Hard - Wicked Local Plymouth
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Plymouth, Massachusetts Neighborhoods in Plymouth, Massachusetts Peninsulas of Massachusetts Landforms of Plymouth County, Massachusetts {{PlymouthCountyMA-geo-stub