Calf Island
Calf Island, also known as Apthorps Island, is an island situated some 9 miles offshore of downtown Boston in Boston Harbor Islands National and State Park.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Park
- Description: island in Boston Harbor in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
- Also known as: “Great Calf Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Little Calf Island and Middle Brewster Island.
Little Calf Island
Park
Little Calf Island is a small rocky island in the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area, some 9 miles offshore from downtown Boston, Massachusetts.
Middle Brewster Island
Park
Middle Brewster Island is a rugged outer island in the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area, located 9 miles offshore from downtown Boston. The island has a permanent size of 13 acres, reaches a height of 52 feet above sea level, and is bounded by sharp cliffs and sunken crags.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fort Warren and Hull.
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. Fort Warren is situated 2 miles southwest of Calf Island.
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.
Calf Island
- Categories: island, recreation area, and coastline
- Location: Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.34133° or 42° 20′ 29″ northLongitude
-70.8966° or 70° 53′ 48″ westElevation
7 feet (2 metres)Open location code
87JF84R3+G9OpenStreetMap ID
way 29693337OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkOpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineGeoNames ID
4931931Wikidata ID
Q5019568
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to German—“Calf Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Calf Island”
- German: “Calf Island”
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