Massachusetts
Suffolk
City of Boston

Beacon Hill

Historical heavyweights, Back Bay and Beacon Hill are some of 's most beautiful neighborhoods. With narrow, gas-lit streets and scores of architecturally significant buildings, these distinctly different neighborhoods will make up the core of almost any visitor's itinerary.
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  • Type: Suburb with 9,310 residents
  • Description: neighborhood in Boston
  • Also known as: “Beacon Hill Historic District” and “Beacon Hill, Boston”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Phillips School and Louisburg Square.

Historic building
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The was a 19th-century school located in Beacon Hill, Boston, Massachusetts. It is now a private residence. It is on the Black Heritage Trail and its history is included in walking tours by the .

Square
Photo: Ajay Suresh, CC BY 2.0.
is a street in the Beacon Hill neighborhood of , , bisected by a small private park. The park, which is bounded by Pinckney Street to the north and Mount Vernon Street to the south, is maintained by the Proprietors.

Government building
Photo: Audience, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The , also known as the Massachusetts Statehouse or the New State House, is the state capitol and seat of government for the , located in the Beacon Hill neighborhood of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Back Bay-Beacon Hill and West End.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Historical heavyweights, Back Bay and Beacon Hill are some of 's most beautiful neighborhoods. With narrow, gas-lit streets and scores of architecturally significant buildings, these distinctly different neighborhoods will make up the core of almost any visitor's itinerary.

Suburb
Photo: RawheaD Rex, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The is a neighborhood of , , United States, bounded generally by Cambridge Street to the south, the to the west and northwest, North Washington Street on the north and northeast, and New Sudbury Street on the east.

Photo: Godsendlemiwinks, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Downtown is really the heart of the city. Boston City Hall is here, and many powerful companies and agencies are headquartered in the area. Since urban planning was done here before the advent of the automobile, this area of town has secured a decidedly European flavor.

Beacon Hill

Latitude
42.35871° or 42° 21′ 31″ north
Longitude
-71.06783° or 71° 4′ 4″ west
Population
9,310
Elevation
92 feet (28 metres)
Open location code
87JC9W5J+FV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158812288
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
4930010
Wiki­data ID
Q812889
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Beacon Hill” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “灯塔山”
  • Chinese: “邦克山”
  • Dutch: “Beacon Hill”
  • French: “Beacon Hill Historic District”
  • French: “Beacon Hill”
  • German: “Beacon Hill”
  • Hebrew: “ביקן היל”
  • Italian: “Beacon Hill”
  • Japanese: “ビーコンヒル (ボストン)”
  • Japanese: “ビーコンヒル”
  • Korean: “비컨힐 (보스턴)”
  • Korean: “비컨힐”
  • Portuguese: “Beacon Hill”
  • Slovenian: “Beacon Hill”
  • Spanish: “Beacon Hill”
  • Swedish: “Beacon Hill”
  • Turkish: “Beacon Hill”
  • Ukrainian: “Beacon Hill (Бостон)”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Beacon Hill”. Photo: Swampyank, CC BY-SA 3.0.