List of islands in Massachusetts
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This is a list of islands of Massachusetts.
| Name | Municipality | Populated? | Terrain | Additional Info. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbot Rock | Salem | uninhabited | barren | minor rock | ||||
| Abiels Ledge | Onset (CDP) | uninhabited | barren | minor rock | ||||
| Abnecotants Island | Nantucket | uninhabited | barren | minor island / wetland | ||||
| Alden Island | Duxbury | inhabited? | residence | minor island / wetland | ||||
| Aldridge Ledge | Boston | uninhabited | barren | minor rock | ||||
| Alleghany Rock | Vineyard Haven | uninhabited | barren | minor rock | ||||
| Allen Rock | Edgartown | uninhabited | barren | minor rock | ||||
| Allen Rock | Salisbury | uninhabited | barren | minor rock / wetland | ||||
| Amrita Island | Cataumet (CDP) | inhabited | residential area | |||||
| Angelica Rock | Fairhaven | uninhabited | barren | minor island | ||||
| Anuxanon Island | Lakeville | uninhabited | heavily forested | |||||
| Apple Island | Boston | uninhabited | commercial use | part of the Logan Int'l Airport complex | ||||
| Archer Rock | Marblehead | uninhabited | barren | minor rock | ||||
| Averills Island | Topsfield | uninhabited | forested | wetland | ||||
| Babson Ledge | Gloucester | uninhabited | barren | minor rock | ||||
| Bachelor Island | Gosnold | uninhabited | barren | minor rock | ||||
| Badgers Rock | Salisbury | uninhabited | barren | minor rock | ||||
| Bagwell Island | Ipswich | uninhabited | barren | minor island / wetland | ||||
| Bailey Flat | Westport | uninhabited | barren | minor island | ||||
| Bakers Island | Salem | inhabited | residential area | isolated community | ||||
| Bar Rock | Westport | uninhabited | barren | minor rock | ||||
| Bar Rock | Scituate | uninhabited | barren | minor island | ||||
| Baret Island | Gosnold | uninhabited | barren | minor island | ||||
| Barrel Rock | Cohasset | uninhabited | barren | minor rock | ||||
| Barstow Rock | Mattapoisett | uninhabited | barren | minor rock | ||||
| Bartlett Rock | Rockport | uninhabited | barren | minor rock | ||||
| Bartlett Rock | Marshfield | uninhabited | barren | minor rock | ||||
| Bartletts Island | Marshfield | inhabited | residential area | wetland | ||||
| Barton Island | Turners Falls (CDP) | uninhabited | forested | minor island | ||||
| Bass Ledge | Nantucket | uninhabited | barren | minor rock | ||||
| Bass Rock | Ipswich | uninhabited | barren | minor rock | ||||
| Bass Rock | Nahant | uninhabited | barren | minor rock | ||||
| Bass Rock | Quincy/Weymouth | uninhabited | barren | minor rock | ||||
| Bassetts Island | Bourne | inhabited | residential area | isolated community | ||||
| Bates Island | Webster | uninhabited | forested | minor island | ||||
| Bates Rock | Scituate | uninhabited | barren | minor rock | ||||
| Bear Island | Foxborough | inhabited? | residence? | isolated (residence?) | ||||
| Bear Island | Scituate | uninhabited | heavily forested | minor island | ||||
| Bearse Rock | Hyannis | uninhabited | barren | minor rock | ||||
| Beaver Island | Rowe | uninhabited | heavily forested | |||||
| Bemo Ledge | Gloucester | uninhabited | barren | minor rock | ||||
| Bench Rock | Barnstable | uninhabited | barren | minor rock | ||||
| Bents Ledge | Dartmouth | uninhabited | barren | minor rock | ||||
| Big Pine Island | Westport | uninhabited | forested? | |||||
| Big Quamino Rock | Cohasset | uninhabited | barren | mid-size rock | ||||
| Big Ram Island | Westport | uninhabited | barren | wetland | ||||
| Big Rock | Tisbury | uninhabited | barren | minor rock | ||||
| Billingsgate Island | Wellfleet | uninhabited | barren | abandoned settlement | ||||
| Bird Island | Marion | uninhabited | barren | minor island / has tower structure | ||||
| Black Rock | Fairhaven | uninhabited | barren | minor island / has beacon structure | ||||
| Black Rock | Nahant | uninhabited | barren | minor rock | ||||
| Black Rock | Beverly | uninhabited | barren | minor rock | ||||
| Black Rock | Gloucester | uninhabited | barren | minor rock / wetland | ||||
| Black Rock | Gloucester | uninhabited | barren | minor rock | ||||
| Black Rock | Boston | uninhabited | barren | minor rock | ||||
| Blind Rock | Barnstable | uninhabited | barren | minor rock | ||||
| Blue Fish Rock | Marshfield | uninhabited | barren | minor rock | ||||
| Blueberry Island | Winchendon | inhabited | residential area | |||||
| Boohoo Ledge | Manchester-by-the-Sea | uninhabited | barren | minor rock | ||||
| Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area | (Boston Harbor) | inhabited | National Recreation Area | U.S. Coast Guard station / compilaton of islands | ||||
| Boutwell Island | Groton | uninhabited | state forest | J Harry Rich State Forest | ||||
| Boynton Island | Gloucester | inhabited? | residence? | wetland | ||||
| Brace Rock | Gloucester | uninhabited | barren | large rock | ||||
| Brant Island | Mattapoisett | inhabited | residential area | |||||
| Brant Rock | Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock (CDP) | uninhabited | barren | large rock | ||||
| Brewster Islands | Boston | inhabited | state park | U.S. Coast Guard station / compilaton of islands / Boston Harbor Islands State Park | ||||
| Briggs Rock | Westport | uninhabited | barren | minor rock | ||||
| Brimbles | Salem | uninhabited | barren | minor rocks | ||||
| Brooklyn Rock | Fairhaven | uninhabited | barren | minor rock | ||||
| Brown Island | Marblehead | inhabited? | residence? | |||||
| Browns Island | Newbury | uninhabited | barren | minor island / wetland | ||||
| Brush Island | Oak Bluffs | uninhabited | barren | minor island | ||||
| Brush Island | Cohasset | uninhabited | barren | minor island | ||||
| Buck Rock | Manchester-by-the-Sea | uninhabited | barren | minor rock | ||||
| Buckthorn Rock | Cohasset | uninhabited | barren | minor rock | ||||
| Bull Island | Gosnold | inhabited? | residence? | |||||
| Bull Island | Essex | uninhabited | barren | minor island / wetland | ||||
| Bumkin Island | Hingham | inhabited? | state park | ruins / Boston Harbor Islands State Park | ||||
| Burnham Rocks | Gloucester? | uninhabited | barren | minor rocks | ||||
| Button Island | Hingham | uninhabited | forested | minor island | ||||
| Calf Island | Boston | uninhabited | state park | ruins / Boston Harbor Islands State Park | ||||
| Calf Islands | Boston | uninhabited | state park | ruins / compilation of islands / Boston Harbor Islands State Park | ||||
| Canary Island | Hatfield | uninhabited | heavily forested | |||||
| Canoe Rock | Westport | uninhabited | barren | minor rock | ||||
| Carr Island | Salisbury | uninhabited | state wildlife management area | wetland | ||||
| Carrick Island | Petersham | uninhabited | forested | |||||
| Castle Rock | Nahant | uninhabited | barren | mid-size rock | ||||
| Caswell Rock | Marblehead | uninhabited | barren | minor rock | ||||
| Cat Island | Quincy | uninhabited | barren | |||||
| Cataumet Rock | Falmouth | uninhabited | barren | minor rock | ||||
| Cedar Island | Dartmouth | uninhabited | heavily forested | minor island / wetland | ||||
| Cedar Island | Gosnold | uninhabited | barren | minor island | ||||
| Cedar Island | Wareham | uninhabited | barren | minor island | ||||
| Cemetery Island | Clinton | uninhabited | heavily forested | |||||
| Chaces Island | Newbury/Newburyport | uninhabited | barren | |||||
| Channel Rock | Barnstable | uninhabited | barren | minor rock | ||||
| Channel Rock | (Nantucket Sound) | uninhabited | barren | minor rock | ||||
| Chapman Island | Petersham | uninhabited | barren | |||||
| Chappaquiddick Island | Edgartown | inhabited | residential area | large island | ||||
| Checkerberry Island | Webster | uninhabited | barren | minor rock | ||||
| Childrens Island | Salem? | inhabited | residential area | |||||
| Childs Island | Medfield | uninhabited | heavily forested | minor island / wetland | ||||
| Chittenden Rock | Cohasset | uninhabited | barren | minor rock | ||||
| Chubb Island | Beverly? | uninhabited | barren | mid-size rock | ||||
| Church Rock | Barnstable | uninhabited | barren | minor rock | ||||
| Church Rock | New Bedford | uninhabited | barren | minor rock | ||||
| Clapps Island | Marion | uninhabited | barren | minor island | ||||
| Clark Island | Otis/Tolland | uninhabited | state forest | Tolland State Forest | ||||
| Clarks Island | Plymouth | inhabited | residential area | |||||
| Cleveland East Ledge | Falmouth | uninhabited | barren | minor rock | ||||
| Cleveland Island | Mashpee | uninhabited | heavily forested | minor island | ||||
| Cleveland Ledge | Mattapoisett | uninhabited | barren | minor rock | ||||
| Cobble Island | Webster | inhabited | residence | isolated residence | ||||
| Coffin Rock | Woods Hole (CDP) | uninhabited | barren | minor rock | ||||
| Commissioners Ledge | Boston | uninhabited | barren | minor rock | ||||
| Common Island | Duxbury | uninhabited | barren | minor island / wetland | ||||
| Cone Rock | Barnstable | uninhabited | barren | minor rock | ||||
| Coney Island | Salem | uninhabited | barren | minor island | ||||
| Coney Island Rock | Salem | uninhabited | barren | minor rock | ||||
| Conspiracy Island | Berkley | uninhabited | light growth | minor island | ||||
| Cooks Island | Kingston | uninhabited | barren | minor island | ||||
| Cormorant Rock | Marblehead? | uninhabited | barren | mid-size rock | ||||
| Cormorant Rock | Mattapoisett | uninhabited | barren | has beacon / minor island | ||||
| Corn Island | Essex | uninhabited | forested | minor island / wetland | ||||
| Corys Island | Westport | uninhabited | barren | |||||
| Cove Ledge | Manchester-by-the-Sea | uninhabited | barren | minor rock | ||||
| Crescent Island | Foxborough | uninhabited | heavily forested | minor island | ||||
| Cross Farm Hill | Ipswich | uninhabited | barren | minor island / wetland | ||||
| Cross Island | Essex | inhabited | residential area | wetland | ||||
| Crow Island | Fairhaven | inhabited | residence | minor island | ||||
| Crow Island Rock | Manchester-by-the-Sea | uninhabted | barren | minor rock | ||||
| Cunningham Ledge | Boylston | uninhabited | barren | minor island | ||||
| Cuttyhuck Island | Gosnold | inhabited | residential area | large island | ||||
| Cuttyhunk Island | Gosnold | inhabited | residential area | large island | ||||
| Dartmouth Rock | Dartmouth | uninhabited | barren | minor rock | ||||
| David Rock | Gloucester | uninhabited | barren | |||||
| Davids Island | Weymouth | uninhabited | barren | minor rock | ||||
| Dead Neck | Barnstable | uninhabited | barren | |||||
| Dean Island | Essex | uninhabited | forested | minor island / wetland | ||||
| Decatur Rock | New Bedford | uninhabited | barren | minor rock | ||||
| Deer Island | Amesbury | inhabited? | commercial use? | minor island | ||||
| Devils Foot Island | Woods Hole (CDP) | uninhabited | barren | minor island | ||||
| Devilsfoot Island | Medfield | uninhabited | forested | minor island / wetland | ||||
| Dighton Rock | Berkley | uninhabited | state park | minor rock / Dighton Rock State Park / Massachusetts' (official) state explorer rock | ||||
| Dilly Island | Essex | uninhabited | barren | minor island / wetland | ||||
| Dodge Rock | Rockport | uninhabited | barren | minor rock | ||||
| Dogfish Ledge | Westport | uninhabited | barren | minor rock | ||||
| Dole Island | Newbury | uninhabited | nat. wildlife refuge | minor island / wetland / Parker River National Wildlife Refuge | ||||
| Dolphin Rock | Swampscott | uninhabited | barren | minor rock | ||||
| Dread Ledge | Swampscott | uninhabited | barren | minor rock | ||||
| Duck Island | Barnstable | uninhabited | barren | minor island / wetland | ||||
| Dry Salvages | Rockport | uninhabited | barren | compilation of islands | ||||
| Eagle Island | ||||||||
| Egg Rock | ||||||||
| Fish Island | ||||||||
| Gallops Island | ||||||||
| Gerry Island | ||||||||
| Georges Island | ||||||||
| Gooseberry Island | ||||||||
| Grape Island | ||||||||
| Graves Island | ||||||||
| Great Bank | ||||||||
| Great Brewster Island | ||||||||
| Great Egg Island | ||||||||
| Great Flat | ||||||||
| Great Island | ||||||||
| Great Misery Island | ||||||||
| Green Island | ||||||||
| Gull Island | ||||||||
| Gunning Island | ||||||||
| Hales Island | ||||||||
| Halfmoon Flat | ||||||||
| Hangman Island | ||||||||
| Holy Island | ||||||||
| House Island | ||||||||
| Kettle Island | ||||||||
| Langlee Island | ||||||||
| Leaveau Island | ||||||||
| Little Brewster Island | ||||||||
| Little Calf Island | ||||||||
| Little Island | ||||||||
| Little Quabbin Island | ||||||||
| Little Ram Island | ||||||||
| Little Salvages | ||||||||
| Long Beach Rock | ||||||||
| Long Island | ||||||||
| Lovell's Island | ||||||||
| Marblehead Rock | ||||||||
| Martha's Vineyard | ||||||||
| Middle Brewster Island | ||||||||
| Middle Ground | ||||||||
| Milk Island | ||||||||
| Monomoy Island | ||||||||
| Monohamsett Island | ||||||||
| Moon Island | ||||||||
| Morris Island | ||||||||
| Mount Zion Island | ||||||||
| Muskeget Island | ||||||||
| Nantucket | ||||||||
| Nashawena Island | ||||||||
| Naushon Island | ||||||||
| Newton Island | ||||||||
| Nixes Mate | ||||||||
| Nomans Land | ||||||||
| Nonamesset Island | ||||||||
| North Monomoy Island | ||||||||
| Nut Island | ||||||||
| Onset Island | ||||||||
| Osterville Grand Island | ||||||||
| Outer Brewster Island | ||||||||
| Palmers Island | ||||||||
| Park Island | ||||||||
| Parker Hill Island | ||||||||
| Pasque Island | ||||||||
| Peddocks Island | ||||||||
| Penikese Island | ||||||||
| Pierce Island | ||||||||
| Pine Island | ||||||||
| Plum Island | ||||||||
| Popes Island | ||||||||
| Popponesset Island | ||||||||
| Prince Head | ||||||||
| Raccoon Island | ||||||||
| Ragged Island | ||||||||
| Rainsford Island | ||||||||
| Ram Island | ||||||||
| Roger Island | ||||||||
| Round Island | ||||||||
| Sampsons Island | ||||||||
| Sanford Flat | ||||||||
| Sarah Island | ||||||||
| Sea Ledge | ||||||||
| Seal Island | ||||||||
| Shag Rocks | ||||||||
| Sheep Island | ||||||||
| Sipson Island | ||||||||
| Sipson Meadow | ||||||||
| Slate Island | ||||||||
| Snake Island | ||||||||
| South Monomoy Island | ||||||||
| Southworth Island | ||||||||
| Spectacle Island | ||||||||
| Spinnaker Island | ||||||||
| Stall Hill Island | ||||||||
| Stevens Island | ||||||||
| Straitsmouth Island | ||||||||
| Strong Island | ||||||||
| Tenpound Island | ||||||||
| Tern Island | ||||||||
| Thacher Island | ||||||||
| The Graves | ||||||||
| Thompson Island | ||||||||
| Tilden Island | ||||||||
| Tinkers Island | ||||||||
| Tobys Island | ||||||||
| Tuckernuck Island | ||||||||
| Uncatena Island | ||||||||
| Veckatimest Island | ||||||||
| Walker Hill Island | ||||||||
| Washburn Island | ||||||||
| Weepecket Islands | ||||||||
| West Island | ||||||||
| Whites Flat | ||||||||
| Wickets Island | ||||||||
| Woodbridge Island |
