Germantown Point

Germantown Point is a cape in , . Germantown Point is situated nearby to the hamlet , as well as near .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include United States Naval Shipbuilding Museum and Fore River Generating Station.

Museum
Photo: Sswonk, Public domain.
The is a private non-profit museum in featuring USS Salem, a heavy cruiser docked at the former Fore River Shipyard where she was laid down in 1945.

Power station
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The is a power plant operated by Calpine Corporation since 2014 alongside Weymouth Fore River in .

Public building
The is a historic club house at Follett and Beechwood Streets in . It is a long 1+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, with rectilinear eyebrow dormers on the water-facing roof.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Germantown and Adams Shore.

Hamlet
is a primarily residential neighborhood in the city of . The neighborhood is located on a peninsula surrounded by Town River bay on the west and Rock Island Cove on the east.

Hamlet
is a neighborhood of . It is located on the shore of at the entrance to the Hough's Neck peninsula. It is bordered on the north by Quincy Bay, on the east by the Hough's Neck neighborhood, on the south by Town River Bay and on the west by the neighborhood.

Photo: Sswonk, Public domain.
is in . was the birthplace of presidents John Adams and John Adams. United States Declaration of Independence signer and first Massachusetts governor John Hancock was also born here.

Germantown Point

Latitude
42.24882° or 42° 14′ 56″ north
Longitude
-70.96258° or 70° 57′ 45″ west
Elevation
10 feet (3 metres)
Open location code
87JF62XP+GX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 7624247832
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cape
Geo­Names ID
4937699
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