Quincy Fire Department Station 6

Quincy Fire Department Station 6 is a building in City of Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts. Quincy Fire Department Station 6 is situated nearby to the hamlet Germantown, as well as near Adams Shore.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hangman Island and Grape Island.

Hangman Island

Islet

Hangman Island, also known as Hayman's Island, is an island in the Quincy Bay area of the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area. The island is a barren outcrop of bedrock, with a permanent size of half an acre rising to only three feet above sea level, plus an intertidal zone of a further 5 acres. Hangman Island is situated 1½ miles northwest of Quincy Fire Department Station 6.

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. Grape Island is situated 2 miles east of Quincy Fire Department Station 6.

Peddocks Island

Park

Photo: Doc Searls, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Peddocks Island is one of the largest islands in Boston Harbor. Since 1996 it has formed part of the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area. Managed by the Department of Conservation and Recreation, the island is home to the now-defunct Fort Andrews… Peddocks Island is situated 2 miles northeast of Quincy Fire Department Station 6.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Germantown and Adams Shore.

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.

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.

Quincy

Photo: Sswonk, Public domain.

Quincy is in Massachusetts. Quincy was the birthplace of presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams. United States Declaration of Independence signer and first Massachusetts governor John Hancock was also born here.

Quincy Fire Department Station 6

Type: Building
Location: City of Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.26775° or 42° 16′ 4″ north

Longitude

-70.95762° or 70° 57′ 27″ west

Elevation

23 feet (7 metres)

Open location code

87JF729R+4X

GeoNames ID

8102136

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