Point Allerton

Point Allerton is a cape in Town of Hull, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Point Allerton is situated nearby to the hamlet Windemere, as well as near Bayside.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Spinnaker Island and Great Brewster Island.

Spinnaker Island

Island

Spinnaker Island is an island in the Hingham Bay area of Boston Harbor in Massachusetts, USA. The island is part of the town of Hull, to which it is connected by a bridge, and is one of the few harbor islands that neither forms part of the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area nor is considered within the municipal limits of the city of Boston.

Great Brewster Island

Park

Photo: Chris j wood, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Great Brewster Island is one of the outer islands in the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area, situated some 9 miles offshore of downtown Boston.

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hull and Georges Island.

Hull

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.

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.

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.

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.

Point Allerton

Type: Cape
Also known as: “Allerton Point” and “Point Alderton”
Category: landform
Location: Town of Hull, Plymouth, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.30997° or 42° 18′ 36″ north

Longitude

-70.88207° or 70° 52′ 56″ west

Elevation

26 feet (8 metres)

Open location code

87JF8459+X5

OpenStreetMap ID

node 7541906214

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=cape

GeoNames ID

4928925

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