Long Island
Long Island is located in Boston Harbor, Massachusetts. The island is part of the City of Boston, and of the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Park
- Description: island in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
- Also known as: “Long Island, Boston” and “Long Island, Massachusetts”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Long Island Head Light and Quarantine Island.
Long Island Head Light
Lighthouse
Long Island Head Light is an historic lighthouse on Long Island in Boston Harbor, Boston, Massachusetts. The current brick tower is the fourth lighthouse on the island.
Quarantine Island
Park
Photo: Doc Searls, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rainsford Island, formerly known Hospital Island, Pest House Island, and Quarantine Island, is a 11-acre island in the Boston Harbor, situated between Long Island and Peddocks Island.
Fort Strong
Fort
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Fort Strong is a former U.S. Army Coast Artillery fort that occupied the northern third of Long Island in the Boston Harbor. The island had a training camp during the American Civil War, and a gun battery was built there in the 1870s.
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 2 miles east of Long 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.
Winthrop
Photo: Sean 2015, Public domain.
Winthrop is a city in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 19,316 at the 2020 census. Winthrop is an ocean-side suburban town in Greater Boston situated at the north entrance to the Boston Harbor, geographically nearby to the Logan International Airport.
Long Island
- Categories: island, recreation area, and coastline
- Location: City of Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.32063° or 42° 19′ 14″ northLongitude
-70.96544° or 70° 57′ 56″ westElevation
66 feet (20 metres)Open location code
87JF82CM+7ROpenStreetMap ID
way 29691408OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkOpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineGeoNames ID
4942412Wikidata ID
Q6672647
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to German—“Long Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Long Island”
- Chinese: “長島”
- Esperanto: “Longinsulo”
- German: “Long Island”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Fort Andrews and Pemberton.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include St Marys Cemetary and Nike BO-37 Launch Site.
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