Hanscom Air Force Base
Hanscom Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located predominantly within Bedford, Massachusetts, with portions extending into the adjoining towns of Lincoln, Concord and Lexington.Photo: USGS, Public domain.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include MIT Lincoln Laboratory and Samuel Hartwell House.
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Research institute
MIT Lincoln Laboratory is a federally funded research and development center managed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on behalf of the United States Department of Defense. MIT Lincoln Laboratory is situated 2,600 feet east of Hanscom Air Force Base.
Samuel Hartwell House
Ruins
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The Samuel Hartwell House is a historic American Revolutionary War site associated with the revolution's first battle, the 1775 battles of Lexington and Concord. Samuel Hartwell House is situated 1 mile southwest of Hanscom Air Force Base.
John Nelson Barn
Farmhouse
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John Nelson Barn is a farmhouse, which is situated 3,200 feet south of Hanscom Air Force Base.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bedford and Lincoln.
Bedford
Bedford is a town in Massachusetts with a population of 14,000. Carlisle is a town with a population of 5,000. A low population density gives the town a rural feel, and it's known for outdoor activities including hiking and biking.
Lincoln
Village
Photo: Daderot, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Maybe you’ve never heard of sleepy Concord Massachusetts population 18,000, but your life has certainly been impacted by it. This is where "the shot heard round the world" was fired in the spring of 1775, setting off a chain of events that would eventually lead to the creation of the United States. Lincoln is situated 2½ miles southwest of Hanscom Air Force Base.
Lexington
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Lexington is a northwestern suburb of Boston in Massachusetts. The Lexington Green is where the first shot of the American Revolution was fired and the first blood shed, and is known as "the Birthplace of American Liberty".
Hanscom Air Force Base
- Type: Military installation
- Description: U.S. Air Force base
- Category: military base
- Location: Town of Lincoln, Middlesex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Urdu—“Hanscom Air Force Base” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “汉斯科姆空军基地”
- Chinese: “漢斯科姆空軍基地”
- Czech: “Hanscom Air Force Base”
- Czech: “Hanscomova letecká základna”
- Czech: “Letecká základna Hanscom”
- German: “Hanscom Air Force Base”
- Gilaki: “هانسکام ٚ هأوايي پایگاه (ماساچۊست)”
- Gilaki: “هنسکام ٚ هأوايي نيرۊ پایگاه”
- Italian: “Hanscom Air Force Base”
- Japanese: “ハンスコム空軍基地”
- Ladin: “Hanscom AFB (Massachusetts)”
- Ladin: “Hanscom AFB”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Hanscom Air Force Base”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Hanscom flystasjon”
- Norwegian: “Hanscom Air Force Base”
- Slovenian: “Letalsko oporišče Hanscom”
- Turkish: “Hanscom Hava Kuvvetleri Üssü”
- Urdu: “ہینسکوم ایئرفورس بیس”
Localities in the Area
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Nearby Places
Explore places such as Hanscom Primary Library and Hanscom Middle School.
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