Gosnold Island
Gosnold Island is an island in Dukes County, Massachusetts. Gosnold Island is situated nearby to the neighborhood Winthrop Highlands, as well as near the village Beachmont.- Type: Island
- Description: island in Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States
- Also known as: “Gosnolds Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Grovers Cliff and Revere Beach.
Grovers Cliff
Cliff
Grovers Cliff is a shoreline escarpment at Broad Sound near the Port of Boston and by extension, the landform extending into the sea that is the "Highlands" section of Winthrop, Massachusetts.
Revere Beach
Beach
Photo: Reveah-patriot, Public domain.
Revere Beach is a public beach in Revere, Massachusetts, measuring over three miles long and located about five miles north of downtown Boston. In 1875, a rail link was constructed to the beach, leading to its increasing popularity as a summer recreation area.
Castle Rock
Islet
Photo: Alfred Thompson Bricher, Public domain.
Castle Rock is a barren, uninhabited island located in Nahant Bay in Nahant, Massachusetts.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Beachmont and Nahant.
Beachmont
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Revere is a city in Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Located approximately 5 miles northeast of Downtown Boston, Revere is the terminus of the MBTA Blue Line, with three stations located within the city: Wonderland, Revere Beach, and Beachmont.
Nahant
Photo: Pi.1415926535, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Nahant is a small town in the US state of Massachusetts with a population of about 3,000. It used to be a resort town, but changes in vacation preference and modes of travel left the town behind.
Gosnold Island
- Categories: locality and landform
- Location: Dukes County, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.40426° or 42° 24′ 15″ northLongitude
-70.9481° or 70° 56′ 53″ westOpen location code
87JFC332+PQOpenStreetMap ID
node 358274042OpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
4937985Wikidata ID
Q49639401
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In Other Languages
“Gosnold Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Gosnold Island”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Nahant Rock and Flip Rock.
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