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Boston Harbor, Boston

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Boston Harbor, Boston

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Alternative names: Coordinates: 42°20'30"N, 70°57'58"W
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Boston Harbor – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Spectacle Island, Broad Sound Channel Inner Range Lights, Great Hunger Memorial, Long Island Head Light.

  • spectacle island boston location map
    1.6 miSW
    Lighthouse, Island, Beach

    Spectacle Island, Boston

    41 min walk • The Spectacle Island Range Lights were a pair of range lights on Spectacle Island in Boston Harbor. They were established in 1897 and discontinued in 1913 after changes in the entrance channels to the harbor made them obsolete.

  • broad sound channel inner range lights boston1.4 miSW
    Lighthouse

    Broad Sound Channel Inner Range Lights, Boston

    36 min walk • The Broad Sound Channel Inner Range Lights were a pair of lighthouses in Boston Harbor. They were removed around 1950 when the channel they helped to mark was superseded by a parallel channel to the north.

  • great hunger memorial boston location map
    0.7 miN
    Memorial

    Great Hunger Memorial, Boston

    18 min walk • The Great Hunger Memorial is a 16-foot tall Celtic cross located on Deer Island in Boston Harbor. In the late 1840s, the Boston Corporation erected a hospital on the island. Irish immigrants, who arrived on coffin ships, were quarantined there.

  • long island head light boston location map
    0.9 miSE
    Lighthouse

    Long Island Head Light, Boston

    24 min walk • Long Island Head Light is an historic lighthouse on Long Island in Boston Harbor, Boston, Massachusetts. The current brick tower is the fourth lighthouse on the island.

  • deer island light boston0.6 miE
    Vernacular architecture, Lighthouse

    Deer Island Light, Boston

    16 min walk • Deer Island Light is a lighthouse in Boston Harbor, Boston, Massachusetts. The actual light is 53 feet above Mean High Water. Its alternating white and red light is visible for 9 nautical miles.

  • spectacle island boston1.6 miSW
    Island

    Spectacle Island, Boston

    41 min walk • Spectacle Island is a 114-acre island in Boston Harbor, 4 miles offshore of downtown Boston, Massachusetts. It is part of the city of Boston.

  • fort strong boston1 miSE
    Forts and castles

    Fort Strong, Boston

    25 min walk • Fort Strong is a former U.S. Army Coast Artillery fort that occupied the northern third of Long Island in Boston Harbor. The island had a training camp during the American Civil War, and a gun battery was built there in the 1870s.

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Which popular attractions are close to Boston Harbor?

Nearby attractions include Deer Island Light, Boston (16 min walk), Great Hunger Memorial, Boston (18 min walk), Long Island Head Light, Boston (24 min walk).

Where to next? Visit massachusetts Massachusetts region page or discover the top tourist attractions in United States.

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