Boston Harbor Islands
The Boston Harbor Islands are a group of thirty-four islands in Massachusetts that are a unit of the United States National Park System.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Chris j wood, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Godsendlemiwinks, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Park
- Description: protected area
- Also known as: “BOHA”, “Boston Harbor Island State Park”, “Boston Harbor Islands National and State Park”, and “Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gallops Island and Georges Island.
Gallops Island
Park
Photo: Chris j wood, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gallops Island, also known as Gallups Island, is an island in the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area. It is situated between Georges Island and Long Island, and is just over 6 miles from downtown Boston.
Georges Island
Park
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.
Lovell Island
Island
Photo: MBTafan2011, CC BY 3.0.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hull and Fort Warren.
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.
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.
Boston Harbor Islands
- Categories: National Recreation Area, National Park System unit, and recreation area
- Location: Plymouth, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.3301° or 42° 19′ 48″ northLongitude
-70.9284° or 70° 55′ 42″ westElevation
75 feet (23 metres)Open location code
87JF83JC+2JOpenStreetMap ID
node 358269271OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Japanese—“Boston Harbor Islands” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area”
- Chinese: “波士頓海港群島國家休閒區”
- Chinese: “波士顿海港群岛国家休闲区”
- Chinese: “波士顿港口群岛国家休闲区”
- French: “Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area”
- German: “Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area”
- German: “Boston Harbor Islands State Park”
- Japanese: “ボストン湾島嶼群国立リクリエーション地域”
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