Massachusetts
Norfolk
City of Quincy

Houghs Neck

Houghs Neck is a hamlet in , , . Houghs Neck is situated nearby to the hamlet , as well as near .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Raccoon Island and United States Naval Shipbuilding Museum.

Island
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is an in the area of the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area, situated just offshore of Hough's Neck in the city of .

Museum
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The is a private non-profit museum in featuring USS Salem, a heavy cruiser docked at the former Fore River Shipyard where she was laid down in 1945. is situated 2 miles southwest of Houghs Neck.

Public building
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The is a historic club house at Follett and Beechwood Streets in . It is a long 1+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, with rectilinear eyebrow dormers on the water-facing roof. is situated 1½ miles southwest of Houghs Neck.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Germantown and Adams Shore.

Hamlet
is a primarily residential neighborhood in the city of . The neighborhood is located on a peninsula surrounded by Town River bay on the west and Rock Island Cove on the east.

Hamlet
is a neighborhood of . It is located on the shore of at the entrance to the Hough's Neck peninsula. It is bordered on the north by Quincy Bay, on the east by the Hough's Neck neighborhood, on the south by Town River Bay and on the west by the neighborhood.

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is in . was the birthplace of presidents John Adams and John Adams. United States Declaration of Independence signer and first Massachusetts governor John Hancock was also born here.

Houghs Neck

Latitude
42.26665° or 42° 16′ north
Longitude
-70.958° or 70° 57′ 29″ west
Elevation
23 feet (7 metres)
Open location code
87JF728R+MQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158875950
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
4939969
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