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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Chris j wood, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- 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 include Middle Brewster Island and Boston Lighthouse.
Middle Brewster Island
Park
Middle Brewster Island is a rugged outer island in the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area, located 9 miles offshore from downtown Boston. The island has a permanent size of 13 acres, reaches a height of 52 feet above sea level, and is bounded by sharp cliffs and sunken crags.
Boston Lighthouse
Building
Photo: MBTafan2011, CC BY 3.0.
Boston Light is a lighthouse located on Little Brewster Island in outer Boston Harbor, Massachusetts. The first lighthouse to be built on the site dates back to 1716, and was the first lighthouse to be built in what is now the United States.
Little Calf Island
Park
Little Calf Island is a small rocky island in the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area, some 9 miles offshore from downtown Boston, Massachusetts.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fort Warren and Hull.
Fort Warren
Hamlet
Photo: Doc Searls, CC BY 2.0.
Fort Warren is a historic fort on the 28-acre Georges Island at the entrance to Boston Harbor. 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. Fort Warren is situated 2 miles southwest of Great Brewster Island.
Hull
Hull is a town in Massachusetts in the South Shore 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.
Great Brewster Island
- Categories: island, recreation area, and coastline
- Location: Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.33264° or 42° 19′ 58″ northLongitude
-70.89622° or 70° 53′ 46″ westElevation
20 feet (6 metres)Open location code
87JF84M3+3GOpenStreetMap ID
way 29690019OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkOpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineGeoNames ID
4938166Wikidata ID
Q5598807
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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
Explore places such as Stony Beach and Windemere.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Little Brewster Island and Calf Island.
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