Battery Vincent

Battery Vincent is a ruins in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Battery Vincent is situated nearby to the ruins Battery Morris, as well as near the suburb Lovells Island.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Boston Harbor Islands and Long Island Head Light.

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.

Long Island Head Light is an historic lighthouse on Long Island in Boston Harbor, Boston, Massachusetts. The current brick tower is the fourth lighthouse on the island. Long Island Head Light is situated 1½ miles west of Battery Vincent.

Fort Strong

Fort

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Fort Strong is a former U.S. Army Coast Artillery fort that occupied the northern third of Long Island in the Boston Harbor. The island had a training camp during the American Civil War, and a gun battery was built there in the 1870s. Fort Strong is situated 1½ miles west of Battery Vincent.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lovells Island and Gallops Island.

Lovells Island

Suburb

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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.

Gallops Island

Suburb

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

Suburb

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.

Battery Vincent

Type: Ruins
Category: historic site
Location: Plymouth, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.32999° or 42° 19′ 48″ north

Longitude

-70.92897° or 70° 55′ 44″ west

Open location code

87JF83HC+XC

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1479445561

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=ruins

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Battery Morris and Battery Burbeck.

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