Gallops Island
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.Photo: Chris j wood, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Suburb
- Description: island in Massachusetts, United States
- Also known as: “Gallop Island”, “Gallop’s Island”, “Gallup Island”, “Gallups Island”, “Galop Island”, and “Nixes Island”
Places of Interest
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
Lighthouse
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.
Fort Strong
Fort
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lovells Island and Fort Warren.
Lovells Island
Suburb
Photo: MBTafan2011, CC BY 3.0.
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.
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.
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.
Gallops Island
- Categories: island, park, recreation area, coastline, and locality
- Location: Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.32616° or 42° 19′ 34″ northLongitude
-70.93748° or 70° 56′ 15″ westElevation
59 feet (18 metres)Open location code
87JF83G7+F2OpenStreetMap ID
way 29693939OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkOpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbWikidata ID
Q5519156
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to German—“Gallops Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Gallops Island”
- German: “Gallops Island”
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