Folger Hill
Folger Hill is a peak in Town of Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts and has an elevation of 95 feet. Folger Hill is situated nearby to the hamlet Polpis, as well as near Plainfield.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 95 feet
- Description: highest point on Nantucket
- Also known as: “Folger”, “Folgers Hill”, and “Foulgers Hill”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Nantucket Life-Saving Museum and Sankaty Head Golf Club.
Nantucket Life-Saving Museum
Museum
The Nantucket Shipwreck & Lifesaving Museum of Nantucket, Massachusetts is a small, seasonal, non-profit museum dedicated to the history of shipwrecks off the Nantucket coast and in Nantucket Sound.
Sankaty Head Golf Club
Golf course
Sankaty Head Golf Club is one of the easternmost golf courses in Massachusetts, perched on the edge of Nantucket Island in Siasconset, Massachusetts. The course was designed by Emerson Armstrong and opened in 1921.
Sankaty Head Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Denimadept, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Sankaty Head Light is a lighthouse located on Nantucket island. It was built in 1850, was automated in 1965, and is still in operation. It is located at the easternmost point of the island, in the village of Siasconset.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Polpis and Quidnet.
Polpis
Hamlet
Polpis is a village in Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States. Its elevation is 7 feet. The different spellings of its name led the Board on Geographic Names to designate its official spelling in 1900. The community lies 3.5 miles northwest of Siasconset.
Siasconset
Village
Siasconset is a census-designated place at the eastern end of Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, United States with an elevation of 52 feet, and a population of 205 at the 2010 census.
Folger Hill
- Categories: hill and landform
- Location: Town of Nantucket, Nantucket, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.28061° or 41° 16′ 50″ northLongitude
-70.00914° or 70° 0′ 33″ westElevation
95 feet (29 metres)Open location code
87HF7XJR+68OpenStreetMap ID
node 358275176OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakGeoNames ID
4936968Wikidata ID
Q135847955
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