Gallops Island
Gallops Island is a park in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 18 m. Wampatuck Hill stands 103 m to the southwest, 8.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Civil War-era Castmate, a historic site 0.3 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 6.7 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 18 m
How to reach it
- 6.7 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 12.0 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 22.6 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 8 mi
- Eagle Rock · 24 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 26 mi
- Lookout Point · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Civil War-era Castmate: 0.3 mi
- Lighthouse Depot Wharf: 0.4 mi
- Battery Vincent: 0.5 mi
- Fort Warren: 0.7 mi
- Battery Ward: 0.9 mi
- Lovells Island: 0.6 mi
- Georges Island: 0.7 mi
- Rainsford Island: 1.3 mi
- Long Island: 1.4 mi
- Captain Cleverly's Park: 2.0 mi
- Windmill Point Boathouse: 1.8 mi
- Hull Lifesaving Museum: 2.4 mi
- Winthrop Public Library and Museum: 4.3 mi
- John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum: 4.9 mi
- Commonwealth Museum: 5.0 mi
- Hull Village Beach: 2.0 mi
- Yirrel Beach: 3.1 mi
- Corinha Beach: 3.8 mi
- Orchard Beach: 4.0 mi
- Nantasket Beach: 4.0 mi
- Telegraph Hill: 2.3 mi
- Allerton Hill: 3.0 mi
- Cottage Hill: 3.3 mi
- Strawberry Hill: 3.9 mi
- White Head: 4.9 mi
- Curci Studio 20 Madison Avenue: 4.2 mi
- The Lone Sailor: 5.0 mi
- Sunflowers for Vincent: 5.4 mi
- Fight the Rise: 5.5 mi
- Rise: 5.5 mi
- The Graves: 4.5 mi
- Bouve Conservation Area: 4.9 mi
- Fee Pond Conservation Area: 5.1 mi
- Quincy Shore Reservation: 5.1 mi
- Stodders Neck: 5.3 mi
- SeaCoast Community Garden: 5.5 mi
- Columbia Point Community Garden: 5.5 mi
- Albert 'Junior' Lombardi Garden: 5.6 mi
- Joseph Ciampa Community Garden: 5.7 mi
- Eastie Farm: 5.8 mi
- Hood Milk Bottle: 6.0 mi
- Boston Wharf Co. Sign: 6.0 mi
- The Eleanor: 6.0 mi
- USS Salem: 6.0 mi
- The Beaver: 6.1 mi
- Long Island Head: 1.0 mi
- East Head: 1.8 mi
- Middle Head: 2.0 mi
- West Head: 2.2 mi
- Moon Head: 2.9 mi
- Babcock Arboretum: 5.3 mi
- Nature's Pavilion: 7.8 mi
- Pine Knoll: 7.8 mi
- Oak Lea: 7.9 mi
- Stella Tirrell Picnic Area: 10.7 mi
- Boathouse: 2.4 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 2.4 mi
- Oil Shed: 2.4 mi
- Rainshed: 2.5 mi
- Boston Light: 2.5 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 7.2 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 13.5 mi
- State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 16.5 mi
- State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 16.5 mi
- Rock Falls: 9.3 mi
- Cascade Falls: 10.8 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 10.4 mi
- Quarry Spring: 11.4 mi
- Haywardville: 12.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.8 miles of Gallops Island. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wampatuck Hill | SW 219° | 103 m | 8.6 mi |
| Fox Hill | SW 221° | 95 m | 8.8 mi |
| Rattlesnake Hill | SW 218° | 90 m | 8.3 mi |
| Pine Hill | SW 214° | 74 m | 8.2 mi |
| The Crags | SW 220° | 71 m | 8.3 mi |
| Great Dome | SW 223° | 64 m | 8.4 mi |
| Parker Hill | W 271° | 62 m | 8.5 mi |
| Penns Hill | SSW 205° | 61 m | 6.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:48 | 18:19 | 18:56 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:42 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:06 | 18:43 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 15:29 | 16:15 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 32 | 38 | 49 | 58 | 68 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boston, 4 mi away.
- Common Eider112 obs
- American Herring Gull79 obs
- Great Black-backed Gull70 obs
- Brant52 obs
- Common Periwinkle44 obs
- Asian Shore Crab40 obs
- Jonah Crab39 obs
- staghorn sumac37 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/29693939
Day trips start here
- Boston Harbor Islands · 1 mi
- Hull · 2 mi
- Winthrop · 4 mi
- Boston · 6 mi
- Boston/Dorchester · 6 mi
- Boston/East Boston · 6 mi
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