Little Calf Island
Little Calf Island is a small rocky island in the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area, some 9 miles offshore from downtown Boston, Massachusetts.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Green Island and Middle Brewster Island.
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
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.
Outer Brewster Island
Island
Photo: Fish Cop, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Outer Brewster Island, also known as Outward Island, is one of the outer islands in the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area and is situated some 10 miles offshore of downtown Boston.
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 2½ miles southwest of Little Calf 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.
Little Calf Island
- Type: Park
- Description: island in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
- Categories: island, recreation area, and coastline
- Location: Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.34582° or 42° 20′ 45″ northLongitude
-70.89393° or 70° 53′ 38″ westElevation
10 feet (3 metres)Open location code
87JF84W4+8COpenStreetMap ID
way 29690140OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkOpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineGeoNames ID
4942136Wikidata ID
Q6649408
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to German—“Little Calf Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Little Calf Island”
- German: “Little Calf Island”
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