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.

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 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 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 Little Calf Island.

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 Little Calf Island.

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.

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″ north

Longitude

-70.89393° or 70° 53′ 38″ west

Elevation

10 feet (3 metres)

Open location code

87JF84W4+8C

OpenStreetMap ID

way 29690140

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=coastline

GeoNames ID

4942136

Wikidata 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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