Gallops Island

Gallops Island, also known as Gallups Island, is an in the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area. It is situated between and , and is just over 6 miles from downtown Boston.
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  • 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: Boston Harbor Islands and Long Island Head Light.

Photo: Godsendlemiwinks, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The are a group of thirty-four islands in that are a unit of the United States National Park System.

Lighthouse
is an historic lighthouse on in , Boston, Massachusetts. The current brick tower is the fourth lighthouse on the island.

Fort
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a former U.S. Army Coast Artillery fort that occupied the northern third of in the . 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.

Suburb
Photo: MBTafan2011, CC BY 3.0.
, or Lovell's Island, is a 62-acre island in the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area, in . The island is across The Narrows from and some 7 miles offshore of downtown .

Hamlet
Photo: Doc Searls, CC BY 2.0.
is a historic fort on the 28-acre at the entrance to . 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.

Suburb
is one of the islands in the , 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

Latitude
42.32616° or 42° 19′ 34″ north
Longitude
-70.93748° or 70° 56′ 15″ west
Elevation
59 feet (18 metres)
Open location code
87JF83G7+F2
Open­Street­Map ID
way 29693939
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Wiki­data ID
Q5519156
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to German—“Gallops Island” goes by many names.

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Pemberton and Fort Andrews.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Lighthouse Depot Wharf and Nixes Mate.

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Worth a closer look: Boston and Cambridge.

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