Job Island

Job Island is an island in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Job Island is situated nearby to the hamlet Halifax Beach, as well as near Camp Ousamequin.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Monponsett Pond Seaplane Base and Cranland Airport.

Monponsett Pond Seaplane Base

Aerodrome

Monponsett Pond Seaplane Base is a privately owned, public-use seaplane base located two miles northwest of the central business district of Halifax, a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States.

Cranland Airport

Aerodrome

Cranland Airport, in Hanson, Massachusetts is a public use airport owned by Cranland Inc. It has one runway, averages 102 flights per week, and has approximately 28 aircraft based on its field.

Halifax station

Railway station

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Halifax station is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in Halifax, Massachusetts, served by the Kingston Line. It is located off Holmes Street in northeastern Halifax. Unlike the other stations on the line, Halifax station has two side platforms serving two tracks.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Halifax and Plympton.

Halifax

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Halifax is a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 7,749 at the 2020 census.

Plympton

Village

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Carver is a town of 12,000 in the South Shore of Massachusetts. Carver once produced more cranberries than any other town in the world and still has extensive cranberry farming. Plympton is a small town of 3,000.

Hanson

Town

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Rockland is a town in the South Shore region of Massachusetts. Its population was about 18,000 in the 2020 census. Abington is a town with a population of roughly 17,000. Hanson is situated 5 miles north of Job Island.

Job Island

Type: Island
Description: island in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Categories: locality and landform
Location: Plymouth, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.00059° or 42° 0′ 2″ north

Longitude

-70.86551° or 70° 51′ 56″ west

Elevation

59 feet (18 metres)

Open location code

87JF242M+6Q

OpenStreetMap ID

node 358273660

OpenStreetMap feature

place=island

GeoNames ID

4940883

Wikidata ID

Q49644573

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Satellite Map

Discover Job Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

“Job Island” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Job Island (pulo sa Estados Unidos, Massachusetts)”
Cebuano: “Job Island”

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