West Head
West Head is a cliff in Suffolk, Massachusetts and has an elevation of 52 feet. West Head is situated nearby to the neighborhood Squantum, as well as near the hamlet Fort Warren.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Moon Island and Long Island.
Moon Island
Park
Moon Island is an island in Quincy Bay, in the middle of Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, United States. It is the location of the Boston Fire Department Training Academy, and Boston Police Department shooting range.
Long Island
Park
Photo: Doc Searls, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Long Island is located in Boston Harbor, Massachusetts. The island is part of the City of Boston, and of the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area.
Quarantine 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 Fort Warren and Adams Shore.
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. Fort Warren is situated 2½ miles east of West Head.
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 3 miles south of West Head.
North Quincy
Suburb
North Quincy is a neighborhood of Quincy, Massachusetts. It is separated from the city of Boston by the Neponset River, and borders the Quincy neighborhoods of Squantum, Montclair and Wollaston. North Quincy is situated 3½ miles southwest of West Head.
West Head
- Type: Cliff with an elevation of 52 feet
- Description: West Head, Suffolk County, USA
- Category: landform
- Location: Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.31055° or 42° 18′ 38″ northLongitude
-70.97553° or 70° 58′ 32″ westElevation
52 feet (16 metres)Open location code
87JF826F+6QOpenStreetMap ID
node 358273760OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cliff
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In Other Languages
“West Head” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “West Head (pangpang)”
- Cebuano: “West Head”
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