Shag Rocks
Shag Rocks are barren rocks situated 8 nautical miles offshore of Custom House Tower in downtown Boston, in the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area and within the city limits of Boston.- Type: Park
- Description: group of rocks in Boston Harbor in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
- Also known as: “Egg Rocks” and “Shag Rocks Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Great Brewster Island and Middle Brewster Island.
Great Brewster Island
Park
Photo: Chris j wood, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Great Brewster Island is one of the outer islands in the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area, situated some 9 miles offshore of downtown Boston.
Middle Brewster Island
Park
Middle Brewster Island is a rugged outer island in the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area, located 9 miles offshore from downtown Boston. The island has a permanent size of 13 acres, reaches a height of 52 feet above sea level, and is bounded by sharp cliffs and sunken crags.
Boston Lighthouse
Building
Photo: MBTafan2011, CC BY 3.0.
Boston Light is a lighthouse located on Little Brewster Island in outer Boston Harbor, Massachusetts. The first lighthouse to be built on the site dates back to 1716, and was the first lighthouse to be built in what is now the United States.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hull and Fort Warren.
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.
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. Fort Warren is situated 2½ miles west of Shag Rocks.
Shag Rocks
- Categories: group of rocks, Char (River Island), recreation area, and coastline
- Location: Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.33023° or 42° 19′ 49″ northLongitude
-70.88267° or 70° 52′ 58″ westElevation
7 feet (2 metres)Open location code
87JF84J8+3WOpenStreetMap ID
way 29690797OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkOpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineGeoNames ID
4950621Wikidata ID
Q7461148
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Uzbek—“Shag Rocks” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Shag Rocks”
- Cebuano: “Shag Rocks”
- German: “Shag Rocks”
- Uzbek: “Shag Rocks (Massachusetts)”
- Uzbek: “Shag Rocks”
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