Popes Hill
Popes Hill is a peak in City of Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts and has an elevation of 108 feet. Popes Hill is situated nearby to the neighborhood Neponset, as well as near Fields Corner.Places of Interest
Highlights include Pierce House and Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy.
Pierce House
Museum
Photo: Jameslwoodward, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Pierce House is a rare 17th-century house at 24 Oakton Avenue in the Dorchester neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts. Built c. 1683, It documents period building practices, and the tastes and housing needs of one family, the Pierces, over more than three centuries.
Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy
Building
The Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy, - was founded by Mother Teresa Eva Potocka in Warsaw, Poland on November 1, 1862. This was the first "Mercy House". The order uses the abbreviation O.L.M.
Dorchester Shores Reservation
Recreation area
Photo: 4300streetcar, CC BY 4.0.
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 Neponset and Fields Corner.
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.
Fields Corner
Neighborhood
Fields Corner is a historic commercial district in Dorchester, the largest neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts, United States founded in June 1630.
Ashmont
Neighborhood
Ashmont is a section of the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. It includes the subsections of Ashmont Hill, Peabody Square, and Ashmont-Adams.
Popes Hill
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 108 feet
- Also known as: “Mount Assabet” and “Pope Hill”
- Category: landform
- Location: City of Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.29177° or 42° 17′ 30″ northLongitude
-71.05366° or 71° 3′ 13″ westElevation
108 feet (33 metres)Open location code
87JC7WRW+PGOpenStreetMap ID
node 358273143OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakGeoNames ID
4947806
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