Blacks Creek Marshes
Blacks Creek Marshes is in Norfolk, Massachusetts. Blacks Creek Marshes is situated nearby to the locality Gull Island, as well as near the hamlet Merrymount.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Josiah Quincy House and Veterans Memorial Stadium.
Josiah Quincy House
Museum
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The Josiah Quincy House, located at 20 Muirhead Street in the Wollaston neighborhood of Quincy, Massachusetts, was the country home of Revolutionary War soldier Colonel Josiah Quincy I, the first in a line of six men named Josiah Quincy that included three Boston mayors and a president of Harvard University.
Veterans Memorial Stadium
Stadium
Veterans Memorial Stadium is a multipurpose outdoor stadium in Quincy, Massachusetts. Built from 1937 to 1938 under the Works Progress Administration, it seats 5,000 spectators for football, soccer, Rugby union and lacrosse.
Thomas Crane Public Library
Library
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The Thomas Crane Public Library is a city library in Quincy, Massachusetts. Noted for its Richardsonian Romanesque architecture, the building was funded by the Crane family as a memorial to Thomas Crane, a wealthy stone contractor who got his start in the Quincy quarries.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Adams Shore and Quincy.
Adams Shore
Hamlet
Adams Shore is a neighborhood of Quincy, Massachusetts. It is located on the shore of Quincy Bay at the entrance to the Hough's Neck peninsula. It is bordered on the north by Quincy Bay, on the east by the Hough's Neck neighborhood, on the south by Town River Bay and on the west by the Merrymount neighborhood.
Quincy
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Quincy is in Massachusetts. Quincy was the birthplace of presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams. United States Declaration of Independence signer and first Massachusetts governor John Hancock was also born here.
North Quincy
Suburb
North Quincy is a neighborhood of Quincy, Massachusetts. It is separated from the city of Boston by the Neponset River, and borders the Quincy neighborhoods of Squantum, Montclair and Wollaston.
Blacks Creek Marshes
- Type: Wetland
- Address: MA
- Category: body of water
- Location: Norfolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.26899° or 42° 16′ 8″ northLongitude
-71.00366° or 71° 0′ 13″ westElevation
10 feet (3 metres)Open location code
87JC7X9W+HGOpenStreetMap ID
node 368984056OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wetlandGeoNames ID
4930735
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Gull Island and Merrymount.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Blacks Creek and Quincy Shore Reservation.
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