Rock Island Head
Rock Island Head is a cape in Norfolk, Massachusetts. Rock Island Head 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 Grape Island.
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.
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.
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 Head
- Type: Cape
- Also known as: “Rook Island Head”
- Category: landform
- Location: Norfolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.26071° or 42° 15′ 39″ northLongitude
-70.9511° or 70° 57′ 4″ westElevation
16 feet (5 metres)Open location code
87JF726X+7HOpenStreetMap ID
node 7624247830OpenStreetMap feature
natural=capeGeoNames ID
4948902
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