Neponset River
The Neponset River is a river in eastern Massachusetts in the United States. Its headwaters are at the Neponset Reservoir in Foxborough, near Gillette Stadium.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Massachusetts, United States
- Also known as: “Fiume Neponset”, “La Riviere Neponset”, “Milton River”, “Naponset River”, and “Neponsett River”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Squantum Point Park and John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum.
Squantum Point Park
Park
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Squantum Point Park is a state-owned, public recreation area located on the Squantum peninsula of Quincy, Massachusetts, United States. The park was created on the site of the former Squantum Naval Air Station, which is preserved in a 2,700-foot-long strip of runway, and the former dockworks of the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation.
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
Museum
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The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum is the presidential library and museum of John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States.
Dorchester Shores Reservation
Recreation area
Dorchester Shores Reservation has been used as a common name for several non-contiguous recreation areas along the extended mouth of the Neponset River at the seaboard edge of the Dorchester section of Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fields Corner and Neponset.
Fields Corner
Neighborhood
Fields Corner is a historic commercial district in Dorchester, the largest neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts, United States founded in June 1630.
Neponset
Neighborhood
Photo: Boston City Archives, CC BY 2.0.
Neponset is a district in the southeastern corner of Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The Neponset Indians were the original inhabitants of this district and in 1646 John Eliot preached unsuccessfully to the Native American community in Lower Mills led by Sachem Cutshamekin before the tribe moved to Ponkapoag.
Savin Hill
Neighborhood
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Savin Hill is a section of Dorchester, the largest neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Named after the geographic feature it covers and surrounds, Savin Hill is about one square mile in area, and has a population of about 15,000 people.
Neponset River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Norfolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
Discover Neponset River from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Neponset River” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نهر نيبونسيت”
- Asturian: “Ríu Neponset”
- Catalan: “Neponset”
- Cebuano: “Neponset River”
- Chinese: “尼庞西特河”
- Chuvash: “Непонсет”
- Czech: “Neponset”
- Dutch: “Neponset River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر نيپونسيت”
- French: “Neponset”
- French: “Rivière Neponset”
- German: “Neponset River Reservation”
- German: “Neponset River”
- Irish: “Abhainn Neponset”
- Japanese: “ネポンセット川”
- Russian: “Непонсет”
- Slovenian: “Neponset River”
- Slovenian: “Neponset”
- Slovenian: “reka Neponset”
- Ukrainian: “Непонсет”
- Venetian: “Neponset”
- Welsh: “Afon Neponset”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as New Squantum and Mount Ida.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Squantum Point and Commercial Point.
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