Bayport is the city used as the setting in the famous Hardy Boys novels. In the books it is located on Barmet Bay

Barmet Bay

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....

, a horseshoe-shaped inlet three miles from 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...

. It is the residence of The Hardy family and The Morton Family

Chet Morton

Chet Morton is a fictional character in the The Hardy Boys book series by Franklin W. Dixon.-Fictional history:Chet grew up with Frank and Joe Hardy and has been one of their best friends since second grade. He usually says he doesn't want to have anything to do with the Hardy boys' mysteries,...

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The relation to the real 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:...

 

It is said that the Hardy Boys residence and the setting for the novels is set in the real 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:...

, because there are a number of similarities.
In the 1977 Hardy Boys TV series, the license plates and a statement by Fenton Hardy imply that Bayport is in Massachusetts. However, in the Undercover Brothers books, it is stated occasionally in Suspect Profiles that Bayport is in New Jersey.

External links

• Bayport Location