Great Island
Great Island is a nature reserve in Middlesex, Massachusetts. Access is restricted and requires permission. Great Island is situated nearby to the hamlet Haywardville, as well as near Towne Estates.Places of Interest
Highlights include Oak Grove station and Wyoming Hill station.
Oak Grove station
Railway station
Photo: Pi.1415926535, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Oak Grove station is a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority intermodal transit station in the northern section of Malden, Massachusetts, just south of the Melrose border.
Wyoming Hill station
Railway station
Photo: Anon E. Moose, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wyoming Hill station is an MBTA Commuter Rail station on the Haverhill Line, located in Wyoming Square near downtown Melrose, Massachusetts. The station has two low-level side platforms and is not accessible.
Melrose/Cedar Park station
Railway station
Photo: Pi.1415926535, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Melrose/Cedar Park station is an MBTA Commuter Rail station located in downtown Melrose, Massachusetts. The station has two low-level platforms serving the two tracks of the Haverhill Line; it is not accessible.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stoneham and Malden.
Stoneham
Photo: Bhaggs, Public domain.
Stoneham is a Massachusetts city of 23,000 about 9 miles northwest of Boston. Melrose is a small city with a population of 30,000.
Malden
Malden is a suburb of Boston in the state of Massachusetts. Its population was 66,000 in the 2020 census.
Medford
Medford is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. At the time of the 2020 United States census, Medford's population was 59,659. It is home to Tufts University, which has its campus on both sides of the Medford and Somerville border.
Great Island
- Access is restricted and requires permission.
- Type: Nature reserve
- Categories: forest, recreation area, and grassland
- Location: Middlesex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.4524° or 42° 27′ 9″ northLongitude
-71.0961° or 71° 5′ 46″ westOpen location code
87JCFW23+WGOpenStreetMap ID
way 29818022OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=grassOpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserveOpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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