Whitings Ledge

Whitings Ledge is an island in Suffolk, Massachusetts. Whitings Ledge is situated nearby to the suburb Lovells Island, as well as near Georges Island.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Boston Harbor Islands and Great Brewster Island.

Boston Harbor Islands

Photo: Godsendlemiwinks, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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

Great Brewster Island

Park

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Great Brewster Island is one of the outer islands in the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area, situated some 9 miles offshore of downtown Boston.

Hospital Island

Park

Photo: Doc Searls, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Rainsford Island, formerly known Hospital Island, Pest House Island, and Quarantine Island, is a 11-acre island in the Boston Harbor, situated between Long Island and Peddocks Island.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lovells Island and Georges Island.

Lovells Island, or Lovell's Island, is a 62-acre island in the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area, in Massachusetts. The island is across The Narrows from Georges Island and some 7 miles offshore of downtown Boston.

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

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.

Whitings Ledge

Type: Island
Categories: locality and landform
Location: Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.32454° or 42° 19′ 28″ north

Longitude

-70.92005° or 70° 55′ 12″ west

Open location code

87JF83FH+RX

OpenStreetMap ID

node 358275615

OpenStreetMap feature

place=island

GeoNames ID

4955537

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Localities in the Area

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