Hingham Bay

Hingham Bay is the easternmost of the three small bays of outer Boston Harbor, part of Massachusetts Bay and forming the western shoreline of the town of Hull and the northern shoreline of Hingham in the United States state of Massachusetts.

Photo: Doc Searls, CC BY 2.0.

Type: Bay
Description: bay in Massachusetts, United States of America
Address: MA

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sheep Island and Bumpkin Island.

Sheep Island

Island

Sheep Island is a small uninhabited island of about 3.2 acres in Hingham Bay, an outer arm of Boston Harbor. It is within the bounds of the town of Weymouth, Massachusetts, is owned by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation & Recreation, and is part of the Boston Harbor Islands National and State Park.

Bumpkin Island

Islet

Photo: Naib, CC BY 3.0.

Bumpkin Island, also known as Round Island, Bomkin Island, Bumkin Island, or Ward's Island, is an island in the Hingham Bay area of the Boston Harbor. Bumpkin Island is part of Boston Harbor Islands National and State Park.

Grape Island

Islet

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Grape Island is an island in the Hingham Bay area of the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area. The island is part of the territory of the town of Weymouth, Massachusetts.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hull and Fort Warren.

Hull

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Hull is a town in Massachusetts in the South Shore region. The town is a series of islands connected by sandbars and causeways that comprise the Nantasket peninsula. The beaches are among the best in New England with fine gray sands.

Fort Warren

Hamlet

Photo: Doc Searls, CC BY 2.0.

Fort Warren is a historic fort on the 28-acre Georges Island at the entrance to Boston Harbor. The fort is named for Revolutionary War hero Dr. Joseph Warren, who sent Paul Revere on his famous ride, and was later killed at the Battle of Bunker Hill.

Georges Island

Suburb

Georges Island is one of the islands in the Boston Harbor, situated just over 7 miles from downtown Boston. The island has a permanent size of 39 acres, and rises to a height of 50 feet above sea level.

Hingham Bay

Category: body of water
Location: Norfolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.28343° or 42° 17′ 0″ north

Longitude

-70.91616° or 70° 54′ 58″ west

Open location code

87JF73MM+9G

OpenStreetMap ID

node 368984441

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=bay

GeoNames ID

4832258

Wikidata ID

Q15224167

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Japanese—“Hingham Bay” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Hingham Bay”
Japanese: “ヒンガム湾”

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Localities in the Area

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