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 suburb Gallops Island, as well as near Lovells Island.

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 Gallops Island and Lovells Island.

Gallops Island

Suburb

Photo: Chris j wood, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Gallops Island, also known as Gallups Island, is an island in the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area. It is situated between Georges Island and Long Island, and is just over 6 miles from downtown Boston.

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.

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.

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″ north

Longitude

-70.95644° or 70° 57′ 23″ west

Elevation

85 feet (26 metres)

Open location code

87JF82HV+WC

OpenStreetMap ID

node 358273719

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=cliff

GeoNames ID

4942415

Wikidata ID

Q49469461

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Satellite Map

Discover Long Island Head from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

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

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