Wessagusset Beach
Wessagusset Beach is a beach in City of Weymouth Town, Norfolk, Massachusetts. Wessagusset Beach is situated nearby to the hamlet Germantown, as well as near Rock Island.- Type: Beach
- Description: beach in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States
- Also known as: “Wessaguscus”, “Wessaguscusset”, and “Wessaquscus”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Raccoon Island and Fore River Generating Station.
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.
Fore River Generating Station
Power station
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Fore River Generating Station is a power plant operated by Calpine Corporation since 2014 alongside Weymouth Fore River in Weymouth, Massachusetts.
Fore River Bridge
Bridge
Photo: ArnoldReinhold, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Fore River Bridge spans the Weymouth Fore River between Quincy and Weymouth, Massachusetts. The total length of the bridge including the approaches is 2,216 feet.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Germantown and Weymouth.
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.
Weymouth
Weymouth is a city in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. It is one of 13 municipalities in the state to have city forms of government while retaining "town of" in their official names.
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. Adams Shore is situated 2 miles northwest of Wessagusset Beach.
Wessagusset Beach
- Category: landform
- Location: City of Weymouth Town, Norfolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.25073° or 42° 15′ 3″ northLongitude
-70.94559° or 70° 56′ 44″ westElevation
10 feet (3 metres)Open location code
87JF7323+7QOpenStreetMap ID
way 29690885OpenStreetMap feature
natural=beach
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Wessagusset Beach” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Wessagusset Beach”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Rock Island and Houghs Neck.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Wessagusset Yacht Club and Great Hill Park.
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