Rock Island
Rock Island is a hamlet in City of Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts. Rock Island is situated nearby to the hamlet Houghs Neck, as well as near Germantown.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Raccoon Island and Fore River Club House.
Raccoon Island
Island
Photo: Chris7207, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Fore River Club House
Public building
Photo: Jameslwoodward, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Fore River Club House is a historic club house at Follett and Beechwood Streets in Quincy, Massachusetts. It is a long 1+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, with rectilinear eyebrow dormers on the water-facing roof.
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.
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.
Quincy
Photo: Sswonk, Public domain.
Quincy is in Massachusetts. Quincy was the birthplace of presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams. United States Declaration of Independence signer and first Massachusetts governor John Hancock was also born here.
Rock Island
- Type: Hamlet
- Category: locality
- Location: City of Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.26232° or 42° 15′ 44″ northLongitude
-70.96199° or 70° 57′ 43″ westElevation
10 feet (3 metres)Open location code
87JF726Q+W6OpenStreetMap ID
node 158807568OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
4948899
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