Button Island
Button Island is a small island in the Hingham Bay area of Boston Harbor Islands National and State Park. The island has a permanent size of under 1 acre.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sarah Island and Ragged Island.
Sarah Island
Park
Sarah Island is an island in the Hingham Bay area of the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area. The island has a permanent size of just under 5 acres, and is composed large outcroppings and ledges of Roxbury puddingstone together with glacial till which rises to a height of 30 feet above sea level.
Ragged Island
Park
Ragged Island is an island in the Hingham Bay area of the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area, in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. The island has a permanent size of 4 acres, and it is composed of Roxbury puddingstone which rises to a height of 30 feet above sea level.
Langlee Island
Park
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Langlee Island or Langley Island is an island in the Hingham Bay area of the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area. The island has a permanent size of 4 acres, and is composed of a massing of Roxbury puddingstone which rises to a height of 40 feet above sea level.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hingham and Weymouth.
Hingham
Photo: Doc Searls, CC BY 2.0.
Hingham is a coastal town in the South Shore region of Massachusetts about 15 miles south of Boston.
Weymouth
Weymouth is a city in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. It is one of 13 municipalities in the state to have city forms of government while retaining "town of" in their official names.
Hull
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.
Button Island
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States
- Categories: island, park, recreation area, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Plymouth, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.25113° or 42° 15′ 4″ northLongitude
-70.88447° or 70° 53′ 4″ westElevation
7 feet (2 metres)Open location code
87JF7428+F6OpenStreetMap ID
way 29688543OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkOpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to German—“Button Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Button Island”
- Dutch: “Button Island”
- German: “Button Island”
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Localities in the Area
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Highlights include Hingham Harbor and Bathing Beach.
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