Fort Warren

Fort Warren is a building in City of Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Fort Warren is situated nearby to Georges Island, as well as near the ruins Battery Williams.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Boston Harbor Islands and Georges Island.

Boston Harbor Islands

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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 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

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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 Fort Warren and Hull.

Fort Warren

Hamlet

Photo: Doc Searls, CC BY 2.0.

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.

Hull

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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.

Fort Warren

Type: Building
Category: historic site
Location: City of Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.3208° or 42° 19′ 15″ north

Longitude

-70.9282° or 70° 55′ 42″ west

Open location code

87JF83CC+8P

OpenStreetMap ID

way 212121743

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=yes

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