Showboat Recreation Area
Showboat Recreation Area is a recreation area in Town of Hull, Plymouth, Massachusetts which is located on George Washington Boulevard. Showboat Recreation Area is situated nearby to the nature reserve George Washington Boulevard Lagoon, as well as near the recreation area Hull Shore Reservation.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Paragon Park Carousel and Nantasket Junction station.
Paragon Park Carousel
Carousel
The Paragon Park Carousel is a historic carousel at 1 Wharf Avenue in Hull, Massachusetts. Built in 1928 by the Philadelphia Toboggan Company, it is one of the state's only surviving four-wide carousels, and is the only surviving element of the Paragon Park amusement park. Paragon Park Carousel is situated 2,400 feet north of Showboat Recreation Area.
Nantasket Junction station
Railway station
Photo: Pottewa, Public domain.
Nantasket Junction station is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in Hingham, Massachusetts. It serves the Greenbush Line. It is located off Chief Justice Cushing Highway east of downtown Hingham. Nantasket Junction station is situated 1½ miles south of Showboat Recreation Area.
Langlee Island
Park
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Langlee Island or Langley Island is an island in the Hingham Bay area of the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area. The island has a permanent size of 4 acres, and is composed of a massing of Roxbury puddingstone which rises to a height of 40 feet above sea level.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hingham and Cohasset.
Hingham
Photo: Doc Searls, CC BY 2.0.
Hingham is a coastal town in the South Shore region of Massachusetts about 15 miles south of Boston.
Cohasset
Photo: Wwoods, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cohasset is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 8,381.
Hull
Hull is a town in Massachusetts in the South Shore region. The town is a series of islands connected by sandbars and causeways that comprise the Nantasket peninsula. The beaches are among the best in New England with fine gray sands.
Showboat Recreation Area
- Type: Recreation area
- Address: 150 George Washington Boulevard
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Town of Hull, Plymouth, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.26396° or 42° 15′ 50″ northLongitude
-70.85896° or 70° 51′ 32″ westInception
December 13th, 2007Operator
Town of Hull Board of SelectmenOpen location code
87JF747R+HCOpenStreetMap ID
way 934055486OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=recreation_ground
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include George Washington Boulevard Lagoon and Hull Shore Reservation.
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