Nickerson Beach
Nickerson Beach is a beach in City of Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts. Nickerson Beach is situated nearby to the neighborhood Squantum, as well as near Marina Bay.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Thompson Island and Moon Island.
Thompson Island
Island
Photo: Doc Searls, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Thompson Island, also known as Cathleen Stone Island, is a 170-acre island in the Dorchester Bay section of Boston Harbor, offshore from downtown Boston, Massachusetts.
Moon Island
Park
Moon Island is an island in Quincy Bay, in the middle of Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, United States. It is the location of the Boston Fire Department Training Academy, and Boston Police Department shooting range.
Mosswetusset Hummock
Island
Photo: Inquietudeofcharacter, Public domain.
Moswetuset Hummock is a Native American site and the original name of the tribe in the region named Massachusetts after them. The wooded hummock in Squantum, Massachusetts, is formally recognized as historic by descendants of the Ponkapoag people.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include North Quincy and Neponset.
North Quincy
Suburb
North Quincy is a neighborhood of Quincy, Massachusetts. It is separated from the city of Boston by the Neponset River, and borders the Quincy neighborhoods of Squantum, Montclair and Wollaston. North Quincy is situated 2 miles southwest of Nickerson Beach.
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. Neponset is situated 2 miles southwest of Nickerson Beach.
Fields Corner
Neighborhood
Fields Corner is a historic commercial district in Dorchester, the largest neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts, United States founded in June 1630. Fields Corner is situated 2½ miles west of Nickerson Beach.
Nickerson Beach
- Type: Beach
- Description: beach in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States
- Category: landform
- Location: City of Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.3019° or 42° 18′ 7″ northLongitude
-71.01326° or 71° 0′ 48″ westElevation
16 feet (5 metres)Open location code
87JC8X2P+QMOpenStreetMap ID
way 282534383OpenStreetMap feature
natural=beach
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In Other Languages
“Nickerson Beach” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Nickerson Beach”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Nickerson Rock Park and Nickerson Rock.
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