Governor Long Bird Sanctuary

Governor Long Bird Sanctuary is a nature reserve in Town of Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Governor Long Bird Sanctuary is situated nearby to the hamlet West Hingham station, as well as near Fort Hill.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Nantasket Junction station and West Hingham station.

Nantasket Junction station

Railway station

Photo: Pottewa, Public domain.

Nantasket Junction station is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in Hingham, Massachusetts. It serves the Greenbush Line. It is located off Chief Justice Cushing Highway east of downtown Hingham.

West Hingham station

Railway station

Photo: Pottewa, Public domain.

West Hingham station is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in Hingham, Massachusetts. It serves the Greenbush Line. It consists of a single side platform serving the line's single track. The station is fully accessible.

Langlee Island

Park

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Langlee Island or Langley Island is an island in the Hingham Bay area of the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area. The island has a permanent size of 4 acres, and is composed of a massing of Roxbury puddingstone which rises to a height of 40 feet above sea level.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hingham and Weymouth.

Hingham

Photo: Doc Searls, CC BY 2.0.

Hingham is a coastal town in the South Shore region of Massachusetts about 15 miles south of Boston.

Weymouth

Photo: Marcbela, CC0.

Weymouth is a city in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. It is one of 13 municipalities in the state to have city forms of government while retaining "town of" in their official names.

Hull

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.

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.

Governor Long Bird Sanctuary

Type: Nature reserve
Category: recreation area
Location: Town of Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.2462° or 42° 14′ 46″ north

Longitude

-70.8893° or 70° 53′ 22″ west

Operator

Town of Hingham Conservation Commission

Open location code

87JF64W6+F7

OpenStreetMap ID

way 29693502

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as West Hingham station and Fort Hill.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Bathing Beach and Town Landing.

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