Snake Island
Snake Island, also known as Bare Island, is an island in Boston Harbor. The island is part of the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area and is situated in the inner harbor between the town of Winthrop and the reclaimed land that forms Logan International Airport.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Boston Logan International Airport and Apple Island.
Boston Logan International Airport
Photo: Agremeister, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Boston Logan International Airport is modern, clean, easy to navigate, and the primary gateway to Boston and New England. ☏ +1-800-23-LOGAN…
Apple Island
Island
Apple Island was an island in Boston Harbor in Massachusetts, one of five islands that were integrated with landfill over the years to form East Boston and Logan International Airport.
Grovers Cliff
Cliff
Grovers Cliff is a shoreline escarpment at Broad Sound near the Port of Boston and by extension, the landform extending into the sea that is the "Highlands" section of Winthrop, Massachusetts. Grovers Cliff is situated 2 miles north of Snake Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Winthrop and Orient Heights.
Winthrop
Photo: Sean 2015, Public domain.
Winthrop is a city in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 19,316 at the 2020 census. Winthrop is an ocean-side suburban town in Greater Boston situated at the north entrance to the Boston Harbor, geographically nearby to the Logan International Airport.
Orient Heights
Neighborhood
Orient Heights is a historic section of Boston, Massachusetts, United States, and is commonly considered part of East Boston; it is Boston's northernmost and northeasternmost neighborhood. Orient Heights is situated 2 miles northwest of Snake Island.
Snake Island
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in the United States of America
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.36579° or 42° 21′ 57″ northLongitude
-70.97964° or 70° 58′ 47″ westElevation
3 feet (1 metre)Open location code
87JF928C+84OpenStreetMap ID
way 29692408OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
4951175Wikidata ID
Q15278286
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to German—“Snake Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Snake Island”
- Dutch: “Snake Island”
- German: “Snake Island”
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Localities in the Area
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Highlights include Pico Park and Corinha Beach.
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