Nickerson Rock Park
Nickerson Rock Park is a park in Norfolk, Massachusetts. Nickerson Rock Park is situated nearby to Nickerson Beach, as well as near Wendall Moses Playground.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Thompson Island and Moon Island.
Thompson Island
Island
Photo: Doc Searls, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Thompson Island, also known as Cathleen Stone Island, is a 170-acre island in the Dorchester Bay section of Boston Harbor, offshore from downtown Boston, Massachusetts.
Moon Island
Park
Moon Island is an island in Quincy Bay, in the middle of Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, United States. It is the location of the Boston Fire Department Training Academy, and Boston Police Department shooting range.
Squantum Point Park
Park
Photo: Fullobeans, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Squantum Point Park is a state-owned, public recreation area located on the Squantum peninsula of Quincy, Massachusetts, United States. The park was created on the site of the former Harvard Aviation Field and Squantum Naval Air Station, which is preserved in a 2,700-foot-long strip of runway, and the former dockworks of the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation. Squantum Point Park is situated 1¼ miles west of Nickerson Rock Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include North Quincy and Neponset.
North Quincy
Suburb
North Quincy is a neighborhood of Quincy, Massachusetts. It is separated from the city of Boston by the Neponset River, and borders the Quincy neighborhoods of Squantum, Montclair and Wollaston. North Quincy is situated 2 miles southwest of Nickerson Rock Park.
Neponset
Neighborhood
Photo: Boston City Archives, CC BY 2.0.
Neponset is a district in the southeastern corner of Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The Neponset Indians were the original inhabitants of this district and in 1646 John Eliot preached unsuccessfully to the Native American community in Lower Mills led by Sachem Cutshamekin before the tribe moved to Ponkapoag. Neponset is situated 2 miles southwest of Nickerson Rock Park.
Fields Corner
Neighborhood
Fields Corner is a historic commercial district in Dorchester, the largest neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts, United States founded in June 1630. Fields Corner is situated 2½ miles west of Nickerson Rock Park.
Nickerson Rock Park
- Type: Park
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Norfolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.30342° or 42° 18′ 12″ northLongitude
-71.01213° or 71° 0′ 44″ westOpen location code
87JC8X3Q+95OpenStreetMap ID
way 29860922OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Nickerson Rock and Nickerson Beach.
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