Philip Head

Philip Head is a cape in , . Philip Head is situated nearby to the hamlet , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fore River Club House and United States Naval Shipbuilding Museum.

Public building
Photo: Jameslwoodward, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a historic club house at Follett and Beechwood Streets in . It is a long 1+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, with rectilinear eyebrow dormers on the water-facing roof.

Museum
Photo: Sswonk, Public domain.
The is a private non-profit museum in featuring USS Salem, a heavy cruiser docked at the former Fore River Shipyard where she was laid down in 1945.

Power station
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The is a power plant operated by Calpine Corporation since 2014 alongside Weymouth Fore River in .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Germantown and Adams Shore.

Hamlet
is a primarily residential neighborhood in the city of . The neighborhood is located on a peninsula surrounded by Town River bay on the west and Rock Island Cove on the east.

Hamlet
is a neighborhood of . It is located on the shore of at the entrance to the Hough's Neck peninsula. It is bordered on the north by Quincy Bay, on the east by the Hough's Neck neighborhood, on the south by Town River Bay and on the west by the neighborhood.

Photo: Sswonk, Public domain.
is in . was the birthplace of presidents John Adams and John Adams. United States Declaration of Independence signer and first Massachusetts governor John Hancock was also born here.

Philip Head

Latitude
42.25149° or 42° 15′ 5″ north
Longitude
-70.96977° or 70° 58′ 11″ west
Elevation
3 feet (1 metre)
Open location code
87JF722J+H3
Geo­Names ID
4947099
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