Barmet Bay
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Barmet Bay is a fictional bay
in Bayport
, the setting for most of the Hardy Boys novels. While research links it to the actual town of Bayport, New York
, the original Hardy Boys series never specifies the exact location.
Barmet Bay (according to The Shore Road Mystery
, While the Clock Ticked
, and other older titles) is horseshoe-shaped, and stretches about three miles from its mouth at the Atlantic Ocean
to its shores along the fictional town of Bayport. Black rocks line its narrow opening. A channel is marked by buoys, warning ships away from dangerous rocks just beneath the surface. The waters are mostly calm. In wintertime portions of the bay freeze over sufficiently to allow ice boat
ing.
In the original series, smuggling (opium and silk, for example in The House on the Cliff
) is one of the most common crimes that the Hardy Boys combat, and many stories involve explorations and chase scenes around Barmet Bay and its environs.
Bay
A bay is an area of water mostly surrounded by land. Bays generally have calmer waters than the surrounding sea, due to the surrounding land blocking some waves and often reducing winds. Bays also exist as an inlet in a lake or pond. A large bay may be called a gulf, a sea, a sound, or a bight...
in Bayport
Bayport, New York (The Hardy Boys)
Bayport is the city used as the setting in the famous Hardy Boys novels. In the books it is located on Barmet Bay, a horseshoe-shaped inlet three miles from the Atlantic Ocean...
, the setting for most of the Hardy Boys novels. While research links it to the actual town of Bayport, New York
Bayport, New York
Bayport is the name of a hamlet in Suffolk County, New York, U.S. on Long Island. The population was 8,662 at the 2000 census.Bayport is in the southeast part of the Town of Islip.-Geography:...
, the original Hardy Boys series never specifies the exact location.
Barmet Bay (according to The Shore Road Mystery
The Shore Road Mystery
The Shore Road Mystery is Volume 6 in the original The Hardy Boys Mystery Stories published by Grosset & Dunlap. The plot centers around attempts by the Hardy Boys to catch a ring of car thieves stealing cars from the Shore Road....
, While the Clock Ticked
While the Clock Ticked
While The Clock Ticked is Volume 11 in the original The Hardy Boys Mystery Stories published by Grosset & Dunlap.This book was written for the Stratemeyer Syndicate by Leslie McFarlane in 1932. Between 1959 and 1973 the first 38 volumes of this series were systematically revised as part of a...
, and other older titles) is horseshoe-shaped, and stretches about three miles from its mouth at the Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area...
to its shores along the fictional town of Bayport. Black rocks line its narrow opening. A channel is marked by buoys, warning ships away from dangerous rocks just beneath the surface. The waters are mostly calm. In wintertime portions of the bay freeze over sufficiently to allow ice boat
Ice boat
An ice boat is a boat or purpose-built framework similar in functional design to a sail boat but fitted with skis or runners and designed to run over ice instead of through water. Ice yachting is the sport of sailing and racing iceboats. Sailable ice is known in the sport as "hard water" versus...
ing.
In the original series, smuggling (opium and silk, for example in The House on the Cliff
The House on the Cliff
The House On The Cliff is the second book in the original The Hardy Boys Mystery Stories published by Grosset & Dunlap. The book ranks 72nd on the Publishers Weekly's All-Time Bestselling Children's Book List in the United States with 1,712,433 copies sold...
) is one of the most common crimes that the Hardy Boys combat, and many stories involve explorations and chase scenes around Barmet Bay and its environs.