Sheep Island
Sheep Island is a small uninhabited island of about 3.2 acres in Hingham Bay, an outer arm of Boston Harbor. It is within the bounds of the town of Weymouth, Massachusetts, is owned by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation & Recreation, and is part of the Boston Harbor Islands National and State Park.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Grape Island and Peddocks Island.
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.
Peddocks Island
Park
Photo: Doc Searls, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Peddocks Island is one of the largest islands in Boston Harbor. Since 1996 it has formed part of the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area. Managed by the Department of Conservation and Recreation, the island is home to the now-defunct Fort Andrews…
Slate Island
Islet
Slate Island is an uninhabited island of about 12.7 acres in Hingham Bay, an arm of Boston Harbor. It is part of Boston Harbor Islands National and State Park and is just east of Grape Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hull and Germantown.
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.
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.
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.
Sheep Island
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States
- Categories: locality and landform
- Location: Norfolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.28066° or 42° 16′ 50″ northLongitude
-70.92449° or 70° 55′ 28″ westElevation
7 feet (2 metres)Open location code
87JF73JG+76OpenStreetMap ID
node 358273750OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to German—“Sheep Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Sheep Island (pulo sa Tinipong Bansa, Massachusetts, Norfolk County)”
- Cebuano: “Sheep Island”
- Dutch: “Sheep Island”
- German: “Sheep Island”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Sheep Island”. Photo: papadunes, CC BY-SA 3.0.