Edgewater Drive Beach

Edgewater Drive Beach is a beach in City of Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts. Edgewater Drive Beach is situated nearby to the park Grenham Street Playground, as well as near Hough’s Neck Community Center.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Raccoon Island and Grape Island.

Raccoon Island

Island

Photo: Chris7207, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Raccoon Island is an island in the Hingham Bay area of the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area, situated just offshore of Hough's Neck in the city of Quincy.

Grape Island is an island in the Hingham Bay area of the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area. The island is part of the territory of the town of Weymouth, Massachusetts. Grape Island is situated 1½ miles east of Edgewater Drive Beach.

Peddocks Island

Park

Photo: Doc Searls, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Peddocks Island is one of the largest islands in Boston Harbor. Since 1996 it has formed part of the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area. Managed by the Department of Conservation and Recreation, the island is home to the now-defunct Fort Andrews… Peddocks Island is situated 2 miles north of Edgewater Drive Beach.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Germantown and Adams Shore.

Germantown

Hamlet

Germantown is a primarily residential neighborhood in the city of Quincy, Massachusetts. The neighborhood is located on a peninsula surrounded by Town River bay on the west and Rock Island Cove on the east.

Adams Shore

Hamlet

Adams Shore is a neighborhood of Quincy, Massachusetts. It is located on the shore of Quincy Bay at the entrance to the Hough's Neck peninsula. It is bordered on the north by Quincy Bay, on the east by the Hough's Neck neighborhood, on the south by Town River Bay and on the west by the Merrymount neighborhood. Adams Shore is situated 1½ miles west of Edgewater Drive Beach.

Quincy

Photo: Sswonk, Public domain.

Quincy is in Massachusetts. Quincy was the birthplace of presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams. United States Declaration of Independence signer and first Massachusetts governor John Hancock was also born here.

Edgewater Drive Beach

Type: Beach
Category: landform
Location: City of Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.26802° or 42° 16′ 5″ north

Longitude

-70.95103° or 70° 57′ 4″ west

Open location code

87JF729X+6H

OpenStreetMap ID

way 29694107

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=beach

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Grenham Street Playground and Hough’s Neck Community Center.

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