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Georges Island

Georges Island from directly overhead

Georges Island is a park in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 13 m. Wampatuck Hill stands 103 m to the southwest, 8.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Fort Warren, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 7.3 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.31974, -70.92844

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Fort Warren: 0.1 mi
  • Civil War-era Castmate: 0.6 mi
  • Lighthouse Depot Wharf: 0.7 mi
  • Battery Vincent: 0.7 mi
  • Fort Andrews: 1.3 mi
Parks
Museums
Beaches
Peaks
  • Telegraph Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Allerton Hill: 2.3 mi
  • Strawberry Hill: 3.2 mi
  • Cottage Hill: 3.9 mi
  • White Head: 4.2 mi
Artworks
Attractions
Gardens
Cliffs: 47
Picnic sites: 21
Lighthouses: 7
Rest areas: 4
  • Commissioners Landing: 7.9 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 13.7 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 15.8 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 15.8 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 9.1 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 11.5 mi
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 10.4 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 12.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.8 miles of Georges Island. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Wampatuck HillSW 224°103 m8.6 mi
Fox HillSW 226°95 m8.8 mi
Rattlesnake HillSW 223°90 m8.3 mi
Pine HillSW 219°74 m8.1 mi
The CragsSW 224°71 m8.3 mi
Great DomeSW 228°64 m8.5 mi
Penns HillSSW 211°61 m6.7 mi
Turkey HillSE 145°57 m6.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0819:4220:25
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:1015:2916:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303238495868747366554536
Precip in3.43.24.23.63.23.93.33.23.64.03.74.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boston, 5 mi away.

  • Common Eider88 obs
  • Great Black-backed Gull53 obs
  • Common Periwinkle49 obs
  • Asian Shore Crab47 obs
  • Jonah Crab45 obs
  • rugosa rose44 obs
  • staghorn sumac41 obs
  • American Herring Gull41 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.

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OpenStreetMap element way/29693867

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