Half Tide Rocks

Half Tide Rocks is a bar in Suffolk, Massachusetts. Half Tide Rocks is situated nearby to the suburb Lovells Island, as well as near Georges Island.

Type: Bar
Description: group of small barren rocks in Massachusetts Bay, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S
Also known as: “Halftide Rocks”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Little Calf Island and Green Island.

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.

Green Island

Park

Photo: Doc Searls, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Green Island, also known as North Brewster Island, is a rocky outer island in the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area, to the north of Calf Island and Hypocrite Channel.

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

Photo: MBTafan2011, CC BY 3.0.

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. Lovells Island is situated 2 miles southwest of Half Tide Rocks.

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. Georges Island is situated 2½ miles southwest of Half Tide Rocks.

Gallops Island

Suburb

Photo: Chris j wood, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Gallops Island, also known as Gallups Island, is an island in the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area. It is situated between Georges Island and Long Island, and is just over 6 miles from downtown Boston. Gallops Island is situated 2½ miles southwest of Half Tide Rocks.

Half Tide Rocks

Categories: char and landform
Location: Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.34732° or 42° 20′ 50″ north

Longitude

-70.90088° or 70° 54′ 3″ west

Open location code

87JF83WX+WJ

GeoNames ID

4938642

Wikidata ID

Q5641754

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Half Tide Rocks” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Halftide Rocks (piliw sa Estados Unidos, Massachusetts, Suffolk County)”
Cebuano: “Halftide Rocks”

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