Weymouth Back River
The Weymouth Back River, sometimes called Back River, is a short, primarily tidal river in Hingham and Weymouth, Massachusetts, about 10 miles south of Boston.- Type: Bay
- Description: river in the United States of America
- Address: MA
Places of Interest
Highlights include Grape Island and Slate 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.
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.
Sheep Island
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hingham and Germantown.
Hingham
Photo: Doc Searls, CC BY 2.0.
Hingham is a coastal town in the South Shore region of Massachusetts about 15 miles south of Boston.
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.
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.
Weymouth Back River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Norfolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.26454° or 42° 15′ 52″ northLongitude
-70.91699° or 70° 55′ 1″ westOpen location code
87JF737M+R6OpenStreetMap ID
node 368984440OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bayGeoNames ID
4955338Wikidata ID
Q7990351
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Welsh—“Weymouth Back River” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Weymouth Back”
- Irish: “Abhainn Weymouth Back”
- Venetian: “Weymouth Back”
- Welsh: “Afon Weymouth Back”
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