Raccoon Island
Raccoon Island is an island in the Hingham Bay area of the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area, situated just offshore of Hough's Neck in the city of Quincy.Photo: Chris7207, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Island
- Description: island in the United States of America
- Also known as: “Racoon Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Grape Island and United States Naval Shipbuilding Museum.
Grape Island
Islet
Photo: MBTafan2011, CC BY 3.0.
Grape Island is an island in the Hingham Bay area of the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area. The island is part of the territory of the town of Weymouth, Massachusetts.
United States Naval Shipbuilding Museum
Museum
Photo: Sswonk, Public domain.
The United States Naval Shipbuilding Museum is a private non-profit museum in Quincy, Massachusetts featuring USS Salem, a heavy cruiser docked at the former Fore River Shipyard where she was laid down in 1945.
Peddocks Island
Park
Photo: Doc Searls, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Peddocks Island is one of the largest islands in Boston Harbor. Since 1996 it has formed part of the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area. Managed by the Department of Conservation and Recreation, the island is home to the now-defunct Fort Andrews…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Germantown and Adams Shore.
Germantown
Hamlet
Germantown is a primarily residential neighborhood in the city of Quincy, Massachusetts. The neighborhood is located on a peninsula surrounded by Town River bay on the west and Rock Island Cove on the east.
Adams Shore
Hamlet
Adams Shore is a neighborhood of Quincy, Massachusetts. It is located on the shore of Quincy Bay 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 Merrymount neighborhood.
Weymouth
Weymouth is a city in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. It is one of 13 municipalities in the state to have city forms of government while retaining "town of" in their official names.
Raccoon Island
- Categories: park, recreation area, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Norfolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.26296° or 42° 15′ 47″ northLongitude
-70.94744° or 70° 56′ 51″ westElevation
16 feet (5 metres)Open location code
87JF7373+52OpenStreetMap ID
way 29693811OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkOpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to German—“Raccoon Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Raccoon Island”
- Dutch: “Raccoon Island”
- German: “Raccoon Island”
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Localities in the Area
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