Dorchester Heights – Populated Place in Suffolk, Massachusetts

Identifier

GNIS Feature ID 617307

Location

State Massachusetts

County Suffolk

Feature Class Populated Place

Coordinates

DMS

42°20'00"N 71°02'38"W

Decimal Degrees

42.3334312, -71.0439392

Elevation

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USGS 7.5′ Quad Map

Quad Name Boston South

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Protected Areas

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Nearest Populated Place

South Boston

0.3 mi W

Also Known As

Dorchester Hights

Hydrography

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Description

On Telegraph Hill in South Boston; City of Boston.

Nearby Features

Telegraph Hill Summit · 0.1 mi WSW
Dorchester Peninsula Cape · 0.1 mi E
South Boston Populated Place · 0.3 mi W
L Street Beach Beach · 0.5 mi SE
Carson Beach Beach · 0.6 mi SSW
Malibu Beach Beach · 0.7 mi SSW
City Point Populated Place · 0.8 mi ENE
Old Harbor Bay · 0.8 mi SE
South Bay (historical) Bay · 0.9 mi W
City Point Cape · 1.0 mi E

Data Sources & Attribution

Feature data: U.S. Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) – U.S. Geological Survey.
Elevation: USGS Elevation Point Query Service (EPQS).
Topographic basemap: USGS National Map.
Quad map thumbnails: USGS US Topo.
Watershed boundaries: USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset (WBD).
Protected areas: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US) – Gap Analysis Project.
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