Telegraph Hill

Telegraph Hill is a historic site in Hull, Massachusetts. The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. It is now part of Fort Revere Park.

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Places of Interest

Highlights include Boston Harbor Islands and Spinnaker Island.

Boston Harbor Islands

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The Boston Harbor Islands are a group of thirty-four islands in Massachusetts that are a unit of the United States National Park System.

Spinnaker Island is an island in the Hingham Bay area of Boston Harbor in Massachusetts, USA. The island is part of the town of Hull, to which it is connected by a bridge, and is one of the few harbor islands that neither forms part of the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area nor is considered within the municipal limits of the city of Boston.

Bumpkin Island

Islet

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Bumpkin Island, also known as Round Island, Bomkin Island, Bumkin Island, or Ward's Island, is an island in the Hingham Bay area of the Boston Harbor. Bumpkin Island is part of Boston Harbor Islands National and State Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hull and Georges Island.

Hull

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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.

Georges Island

Suburb

Georges Island is one of the islands in the Boston Harbor, situated just over 7 miles from downtown Boston. The island has a permanent size of 39 acres, and rises to a height of 50 feet above sea level.

Fort Warren

Hamlet

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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.

Telegraph Hill

Type: Peak with an elevation of 121 feet
Also known as: “Nantasket Hill” and “Nantaskett Hill”
Categories: historic district and landform
Location: Town of Hull, Plymouth, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.30427° or 42° 18′ 15″ north

Longitude

-70.90505° or 70° 54′ 18″ west

Elevation

121 feet (37 metres)

Open location code

87JF833V+PX

OpenStreetMap ID

node 358273759

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=peak

GeoNames ID

4952685

Wikidata ID

Q7696242

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