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6 unusual facts about Bayport


Barmet Bay

While research links it to the actual town of Bayport, New York, the original Hardy Boys series never specifies the exact location.

Bayport, Minnesota

The Andersen Corporation is the successor to Bayport’s early lumbering firms.

The Andersen Corporation (then the Andersen Lumber Company) moved to Bayport in 1913, among other reasons, to take advantage of the City’s rail lines first built in 1872.

The Andersen Corporation prospered in Bayport, becoming the largest window and patio door manufacturer in the world.

Bayport, New York

Bayport is said to be the town in which the Hardy Family and friends live, in the fictional series, The Hardy Boys.

Cast of Criminals

The action in this novel takes place in and around Bayport, New York and New York City.


Barmet Bay

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.

Davis Field

Bayport Aerodrome, formerly known as Davis Field, in Bayport, New York, United States (FAA: 23N)


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