Seal Rock
Seal Rock is an island in Norfolk, Massachusetts. Seal Rock is situated nearby to the hamlet Post Island, as well as near Houghs Neck.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hangman Island and Raccoon Island.
Hangman Island
Island
Hangman Island, also known as Hayman's Island, is an island in the Quincy Bay area of the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area. The island is a barren outcrop of bedrock, with a permanent size of half an acre rising to only three feet above sea level, plus an intertidal zone of a further 5 acres.
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.
Thomas Crane Public Library
Library
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The Thomas Crane Public Library is a city library in Quincy, Massachusetts. Noted for its Richardsonian Romanesque architecture, the building was funded by the Crane family as a memorial to Thomas Crane, a wealthy stone contractor who got his start in the Quincy quarries.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Adams Shore and Germantown.
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.
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.
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.
Seal Rock
- Type: Island
- Categories: locality and landform
- Location: Norfolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.27316° or 42° 16′ 23″ northLongitude
-70.9706° or 70° 58′ 14″ westOpen location code
87JF72FH+7QOpenStreetMap ID
node 358273749OpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
4950479
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