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Gallops Island

Gallops Island, also known as Gallups Island, is an in the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area. It is situated between and , and is just over 6 miles from downtown Boston.
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Photo: Chris j wood, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: Park
  • Description: island in Massachusetts, United States
  • Also known as: “Gallop Island”, “Gallop’s Island”, “Gallup Island”, “Gallups Island”, “Galop Island”, and “Nixes Island”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Boston Harbor Islands and Lovell Island.

Photo: Godsendlemiwinks, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The are a group of thirty-four islands in that are a unit of the United States National Park System.

Island
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Lovells Island, or Lovell's Island, is a 62-acre island in the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area, in . The island is across The Narrows from and some 7 miles offshore of downtown .

Park
is one of the islands in the , situated just over 7 miles from downtown Boston. The island has a permanent size of 39 acres, and rises to a height of 50 feet above sea level.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fort Warren and Hull.

Hamlet
Photo: Doc Searls, CC BY 2.0.
is a historic fort on the 28-acre at the entrance to . 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.

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is a town in in the 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.

Gallops Island

Latitude
42.32616° or 42° 19′ 34″ north
Longitude
-70.93748° or 70° 56′ 15″ west
Elevation
59 feet (18 metres)
Open location code
87JF83G7+F2
Open­Street­Map ID
way 29693939
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­park
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Geo­Names ID
4937529
Wiki­data ID
Q5519156
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to German—“Gallops Island” goes by many names.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Pemberton and Fort Andrews.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Nixes Mate and Lovell Island.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Gallops Island”. Photo: Chris j wood, CC BY-SA 4.0.