Boston Harbor Islands

The Boston Harbor Islands are a group of thirty-four islands in that are a unit of the United States National Park System.
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  • 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 Fort Strong and Long Island Head Light.

Fort
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is a former U.S. Army Coast Artillery fort that occupied the northern third of in the . The island had a training camp during the American Civil War, and a gun battery was built there in the 1870s.

Lighthouse
is an historic lighthouse on in , Boston, Massachusetts. The current brick tower is the fourth lighthouse on the island.

Lighthouse
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is a lighthouse in , Boston, Massachusetts. The actual light is 53 feet above Mean High Water. Its alternating white and red light is visible for 9 nautical miles.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hull and Fort Warren.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
is a town in in the 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.

Hamlet
Photo: Doc Searls, CC BY 2.0.
is a historic fort on the 28-acre at the entrance to . 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.

Suburb
is one of the islands in the , 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.

Boston Harbor Islands

Latitude
42.3301° or 42° 19′ 48″ north
Longitude
-70.9284° or 70° 55′ 42″ west
Elevation
75 feet (23 metres)
Open location code
87JF83JC+2J
Open­Street­Map ID
node 358269271
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­park
Geo­Names ID
4930984
Wiki­data ID
Q894563
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Vietnamese—“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”
  • Vietnamese: “Khu giải trí Quốc gia Boston Harbor Islands”
  • Vietnamese: “Khu giải trí Quốc gia Nhóm đảo Boston Harbor”
  • Vietnamese: “Khu giải trí Quốc gia Quần đảo Cảng Boston”

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