Long Island Head
Long Island Head is a cliff in City of Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts and has an elevation of 85 feet. Long Island Head is situated nearby to the hamlet Fort Warren, as well as near the neighborhood Point Shirley.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Cliff with an elevation of 85 feet
- Description: cliff in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
- Also known as: “Long Island Headlight”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fort Strong and Long Island Head Light.
Fort Strong
Fort
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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.
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.
Deer Island Light
Lighthouse
Photo: RadioTheodric, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Deer Island Light is a lighthouse in Boston Harbor, Boston, Massachusetts. The actual light is 53 feet above Mean High Water. Its alternating white and red light is visible for 9 nautical miles.
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 1½ miles southeast of Long Island Head.
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 Head
- Category: landform
- Location: City of Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.32982° or 42° 19′ 47″ northLongitude
-70.95644° or 70° 57′ 23″ westElevation
85 feet (26 metres)Open location code
87JF82HV+WCOpenStreetMap ID
node 358273719OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cliff
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In Other Languages
“Long Island Head” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Long Island Head (pangpang)”
- Cebuano: “Long Island Head”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Point Shirley and Fort Andrews.
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