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Back Beach

Back Beach is a beach in , . Back Beach is situated nearby to , as well as near .
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fore River Club House and Thomas Crane Public Library.

Public building
Photo: Jameslwoodward, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a historic club house at Follett and Beechwood Streets in . It is a long 1+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, with rectilinear eyebrow dormers on the water-facing roof. is situated 3,300 feet south of Back Beach.

Library
Photo: Daderot, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a city library in . Noted for its Richardsonian Romanesque architecture, the building was funded by the Crane family as a memorial to Thomas Crane, a wealthy stone contractor who got his start in the Quincy quarries. is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Back Beach.

Museum
Photo: Sswonk, Public domain.
The is a private non-profit museum in featuring USS Salem, a heavy cruiser docked at the former Fore River Shipyard where she was laid down in 1945. is situated 1¼ miles south of Back Beach.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Adams Shore and Germantown.

Hamlet
is a neighborhood of . It is located on the shore of 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 neighborhood.

Hamlet
is a primarily residential neighborhood in the city of . The neighborhood is located on a peninsula surrounded by Town River bay on the west and Rock Island Cove on the east.

Photo: Sswonk, Public domain.
is in . was the birthplace of presidents John Adams and John Adams. United States Declaration of Independence signer and first Massachusetts governor John Hancock was also born here.

Back Beach

Latitude
42.25857° or 42° 15′ 31″ north
Longitude
-70.97945° or 70° 58′ 46″ west
Open location code
87JF725C+C6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1433576479
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­beach
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