Great Brewster Island
Great Brewster Island is one of the outer islands in the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area, situated some 9 miles offshore of downtown Boston.- Type: Park
- Description: island in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
- Also known as: “Great Bruster Island”, “Great-Brewster Island”, “Inner Brewster Island”, and “The Brewsters”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Middle Brewster Island and Boston Lighthouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lovells Island and Georges Island.
Lovells Island
Suburb
Lovells Island, or Lovell's Island, is a 62-acre… Lovells Island is situated 1½ miles west of Great Brewster Island.
Georges Island
Suburb
Georges Island is one of the islands in the… Georges Island is situated 2 miles southwest of Great Brewster Island.
Fort Warren
Hamlet
Fort Warren is a historic fort on the 28-acre Georges Island at the entrance to Boston Harbor. Fort Warren is situated 2 miles southwest of Great Brewster Island.
Great Brewster Island
- Categories: island, recreation area, and coastline
- Location: Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.33264° or 42° 19′ 58″ north
Longitude
-70.89622° or 70° 53′ 46″ west
Elevation
20 feet (6 metres)
Open location code
87JF84M3+3G
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastline
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to German—“Great Brewster Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Great Brewster Island”
- German: “Great Brewster Island”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Stony Beach and Windemere.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Little Brewster Island and Calf Island.
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Worth a closer look: Boston and Cambridge.
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