Nantasket Beach
Nantasket Beach is a beach in the town of Hull, Massachusetts. It is part of the Nantasket Beach Reservation, administered by the state Department of Conservation and Recreation.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village
- Description: beach in Massachusetts
- Also known as: “Nantasket”, “Nantaskett”, and “Surfside”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Paragon Park Carousel and Bumpkin Island.
Paragon Park Carousel
Carousel
The Paragon Park Carousel is a historic carousel at 1 Wharf Avenue in Hull, Massachusetts. Built in 1928 by the Philadelphia Toboggan Company, it is one of the state's only surviving four-wide carousels, and is the only surviving element of the Paragon Park amusement park.
Bumpkin Island
Islet
Bumpkin Island, also known as Round Island, Bomkin Island, Bumkin Island, or Ward's Island, is an island in the Hingham Bay area of the Boston Harbor. Bumpkin Island is part of Boston Harbor Islands National and State Park. Bumpkin Island is situated 1½ miles west of Nantasket Beach.
Langlee Island
Park
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Langlee Island or Langley Island is an island in the Hingham Bay area of the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area. The island has a permanent size of 4 acres, and is composed of a massing of Roxbury puddingstone which rises to a height of 40 feet above sea level. Langlee Island is situated 1½ miles southwest of Nantasket Beach.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hull and Hingham.
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.
Hingham
Photo: Doc Searls, CC BY 2.0.
Hingham is a coastal town in the South Shore region of Massachusetts about 15 miles south of Boston.
Cohasset
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Cohasset is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 8,381.
Nantasket Beach
- Categories: beach and locality
- Location: Town of Hull, Plymouth, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.27777° or 42° 16′ 40″ northLongitude
-70.86623° or 70° 51′ 58″ westElevation
16 feet (5 metres)Open location code
87JF74HM+4GOpenStreetMap ID
node 158854516OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Serbo-Croatian—“Nantasket Beach” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Nantasket Beach”
- Chinese: “楠塔斯特海滩”
- Dutch: “Nantasket Beach”
- Egyptian Arabic: “شط نانتاسكت”
- French: “Nantasket Beach”
- German: “Nantasket Beach Reservation”
- German: “Nantasket Beach”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Nantasket Beach”
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