Quarantine Island
Rainsford Island, formerly known Hospital Island, Pest House Island, and Quarantine Island, is a 11-acre island in the Boston Harbor, situated between Long Island and Peddocks Island.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Park
- Description: island in Boston Harbor in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
- Also known as: “Hospital Island”, “Rainsford Island”, “Ransford Island”, “Ransfords Island”, and “Raynsfords Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Boston Harbor Islands and Long Island.
Boston Harbor Islands
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The Boston Harbor Islands are a group of thirty-four islands in Massachusetts that are a unit of the United States National Park System.
Long Island
Park
Photo: Doc Searls, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Long Island is located in Boston Harbor, Massachusetts. The island is part of the City of Boston, and of the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area.
Gallops Island
Park
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Gallops Island, also known as Gallups Island, is an island in the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area. It is situated between Georges Island and Long Island, and is just over 6 miles from downtown Boston.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fort Warren and Hull.
Fort Warren
Hamlet
Photo: Doc Searls, CC BY 2.0.
Fort Warren is a historic fort on the 28-acre Georges Island at the entrance to Boston Harbor. The fort is named for Revolutionary War hero Dr. Joseph Warren, who sent Paul Revere on his famous ride, and was later killed at the Battle of Bunker Hill.
Hull
Hull is a town in Massachusetts in the South Shore region. The town is a series of islands connected by sandbars and causeways that comprise the Nantasket peninsula. The beaches are among the best in New England with fine gray sands.
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. Adams Shore is situated 3½ miles southwest of Quarantine Island.
Quarantine Island
- Categories: island, recreation area, and coastline
- Location: City of Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.31154° or 42° 18′ 42″ northLongitude
-70.95348° or 70° 57′ 13″ westElevation
52 feet (16 metres)Open location code
87JF826W+JJOpenStreetMap ID
way 29689420OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkOpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineGeoNames ID
4948363Wikidata ID
Q7284949
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Japanese—“Quarantine Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Rainsford Island”
- German: “Rainsford Island”
- Japanese: “レインズフォード島”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Fort Andrews and Pemberton.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Rainsford Island Cemetery and Quarantine Rocks.
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