Squantum Point Park

Squantum Point Park is a state-owned, public recreation area located on the Squantum peninsula of Quincy, Massachusetts, United States. The park was created on the site of the former Harvard Aviation Field and Squantum Naval Air Station, which is preserved in a 2,700-foot-long strip of runway, and the former dockworks of the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum and Dorchester Shores Reservation.

John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum

Museum

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The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum is the presidential library and museum of John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States from 1961 to 1963. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum is situated 1¼ miles north of Squantum Point Park.

Dorchester Shores Reservation

Recreation area

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Dorchester Shores Reservation has been used as a common name for several non-contiguous recreation areas along the extended mouth of the Neponset River at the seaboard edge of the Dorchester section of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Dorchester Shores Reservation is situated 1 mile southwest of Squantum Point Park.

Mosswetusset Hummock

Island

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Moswetuset Hummock is a Native American site and the original name of the tribe in the region named Massachusetts after them. The wooded hummock in Squantum, Massachusetts, is formally recognized as historic by descendants of the Ponkapoag people.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Neponset and Fields Corner.

Neponset

Neighborhood

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Neponset is a district in the southeastern corner of Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The Neponset Indians were the original inhabitants of this district and in 1646 John Eliot preached unsuccessfully to the Native American community in Lower Mills led by Sachem Cutshamekin before the tribe moved to Ponkapoag.