Great Brewster Spit

Great Brewster Spit is a flat in Suffolk, Massachusetts. Great Brewster Spit is situated nearby to the suburb Lovells Island, as well as near Georges Island.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Boston Harbor Islands and Great Brewster Island.

Boston Harbor Islands

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The Boston Harbor Islands are a group of thirty-four islands in Massachusetts that are a unit of the United States National Park System.

Great Brewster Island

Park

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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.

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lovells Island and Georges Island.

Lovells Island

Suburb

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

Georges Island

Suburb

Georges Island is one of the islands in the Boston Harbor, 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.

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.

Great Brewster Spit

Type: Flat
Category: body of water
Location: Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.32927° or 42° 19′ 45″ north

Longitude

-70.90505° or 70° 54′ 18″ west

Open location code

87JF83HV+PX

GeoNames ID

4938167

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Black Rock and False Spit.

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