Dorchester Bay
Dorchester Bay is the smallest of the three smaller bays of southern Boston Harbor, part of Massachusetts Bay and forming the south shoreline of the South Boston neighborhood and northeast shoreline of the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, as well as the north shore of the city of Quincy in Massachusetts.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum and Thompson Island.
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
Museum
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The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum is the presidential library and museum of John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States.
Thompson Island
Island
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Thompson Island, also known as Cathleen Stone Island, is a 170-acre island in the Dorchester Bay section of Boston Harbor, offshore from downtown Boston, Massachusetts.
Spectacle Island
Island
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Spectacle Island is a 114-acre island in Boston Harbor, 4 miles offshore of downtown Boston, Massachusetts. It is part of the city of Boston. The island has a varied history, and today is a public park with a marina, visitor center, lifeguarded swimming beach, and five miles of walking trails, forming part of the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dorchester Heights and South Boston.
Dorchester Heights
Neighborhood
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Dorchester Heights is the central area of South Boston. It is the highest area in the neighborhood and commands a view of both Boston Harbor and downtown. Dorchester Heights is situated 2 miles west of Dorchester Bay.
South Boston
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Honor. Tradition. Loyalty. If you're familiar with South Boston as presented on the silver screen, these values might spring foremost to your mind. You wouldn't be wrong, but a lot has changed since mob boss Whitey Bulger controlled his criminal underworld from here during the 1970s.
Savin Hill
Neighborhood
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Savin Hill is a section of Dorchester, the largest neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Named after the geographic feature it covers and surrounds, Savin Hill is about one square mile in area, and has a population of about 15,000 people. Savin Hill is situated 2½ miles west of Dorchester Bay.
Dorchester Bay
- Type: Bay
- Description: bay in Massachusetts, United States
- Category: body of water
- Location: Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Slovenian—“Dorchester Bay” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Dorchester Bay”
- French: “baie de Dorchester”
- French: “Baie de Dorchester”
- German: “Dorchester Bay”
- Slovenian: “Dorchester Bay”
- “Dorchester Bay”
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Localities in the Area
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