Fort Warren
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.Photo: Doc Searls, CC BY 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Boston Harbor Islands and Georges Island.
Boston Harbor Islands
Photo: Godsendlemiwinks, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Boston Harbor Islands are a group of thirty-four islands in Massachusetts that are a unit of the United States National Park System.
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.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hull and Winthrop.
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.
Winthrop
Photo: Sean 2015, Public domain.
Winthrop is a city in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 19,316 at the 2020 census. Winthrop is an ocean-side suburban town in Greater Boston situated at the north entrance to the Boston Harbor, geographically nearby to the Logan International Airport.
Fort Warren
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: fort in Boston Harbor
- Categories: fort and locality
- Location: City of Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.31954° or 42° 19′ 10″ northLongitude
-70.92866° or 70° 55′ 43″ westElevation
43 feet (13 metres)Open location code
87JF839C+RGOpenStreetMap ID
node 158856419OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletWikidata ID
Q2287837
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Portuguese—“Fort Warren” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “沃伦堡”
- Dutch: “Fort Warren”
- Egyptian Arabic: “حصن وارن”
- French: “fort Warren”
- French: “Fort Warren”
- German: “Fort Warren (Massachusetts)”
- German: “Fort Warren”
- Japanese: “ウォーレン砦”
- Japanese: “フォート・ウォーレン (マサチューセッツ州)”
- Portuguese: “Fort Warren”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Fort Warren Ranger Station and Fort Warren.
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