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Places worth the detour in Boston

15 places worth going out of your way for lie within 20 km of Boston, United States, across 2 kinds of detour; archaeological & historic sites are the largest group (8). Best known: Boston Harbor. 14 of them rank as little-known. Click any card to open it on the map.

Archaeological8 Nature7
Within 20 km
15
Little known
14 of 15
Most from
20th century
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Boston Harbor
Boston Harbor · Photo: Richard Schneider from Los Angeles · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

All 15, ranked 15

Ranked by how many Wikipedia editions cover them.

9 of 15

Within reach of Boston

Newport · 99 km10

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Questions about this page

What is worth seeing near Boston?

15 places within 20 km: 8 archaeological & historic sites and 7 nature & landscapes. The best known is Boston Harbor.

Is there anything near Boston that most visitors miss?

14 of these 15 places rank as little known — they carry a Wikipedia article in only a handful of languages, which is usually the difference between a queue and an empty path. They are in the ranked list below, furthest down.

What is the oldest thing near Boston?

Pierce–Hichborn House, dated to 1711.

How is the 20 km radius measured?

As the crow flies from the centre of Boston, not by driving time. A place inside the circle can still be a long way round by road, and the distance to each is on its card on the map.

Where does this information come from?

Every place is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), with photographs from Wikimedia Commons and a link to its English Wikipedia article. Selection is deterministic: a place is here because Wikidata files it under one of the classes this atlas carries and it has coordinates, a photo and an article. Nothing is written or chosen by an AI, and the ranking is simply how many Wikipedia language editions cover a place.