Hingham
Hingham is a town in northern Plymouth County in the U.S.
Hingham is a town in northern Plymouth County in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. Part of the Greater Boston region, it is located on the South Shore of Massachusetts. At the 2020 census, the population was 24,284. It contains the census-designated place of the same name. Hingham is known for its colonial history and location on Boston Harbor. The town was named after Hingham, Norfolk, England, and was first settled by English colonists in 1633.
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Worth seeing in and around Hingham
8 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Nantasket Beach
Nantasket Beach is a beach in the town of Hull, Massachusetts. It is part of the Nantasket Beach Reservation, administered by the state Department of Conservation and Recreation.
4.7 km · beach in Massachusetts · Wikipedia - 02Wompatuck State Park
Wompatuck State Park is a public recreation area of about 3,500 acres in size. It is located primarily in the town of Hingham, with portions in the neighboring towns of Cohasset, Norwell, and Scituate, Massachusetts, in the United States.
4.3 km · State park in Massachusetts, United States · Wikipedia - 03Webb Memorial State Park
Webb Memorial State Park is a public recreation area located on a peninsula that extends nearly half a mile into the Hingham Bay area of Boston Harbor in Massachusetts. It is composed of three connected drumlins and a low marsh area.
4.6 km · park in the United States of America · Wikipedia - 04General Benjamin Lincoln House
The General Benjamin Lincoln House is a National Historic Landmark at 181 North Street in Hingham, Massachusetts, United States. It was the birthplace and principal residence of Continental Army Major General Benjamin Lincoln, a well-respected military leader of the American Revolutionary War.
1.3 km · historic house in Massachusetts, United States · Wikipedia - 05Old Ship Church
The Old Ship Church is a Puritan church built in 1681 in Hingham, Massachusetts. It is the only surviving 17th-century Puritan meetinghouse in the United States.
900 m · church building in Massachusetts, United States of America · Wikipedia - 06Weymouth Back River Reservation
Weymouth Back River Reservation is a protected coastal reservation in Hingham and Weymouth, Massachusetts. It contains parks on the west and east sides of the northern end of Weymouth Back River.
4.1 km · state park and reservation in Massachusetts, USA · Wikipedia - 07Great Esker Park
Great Esker Park is located in Weymouth, Massachusetts. The park mostly consists of a geological formation known as a winding ridge of stratified sand and gravel formed by a glacier 12,000 years ago.
3.8 km · park in Weymouth, Massachusetts · Wikipedia - 08Bare Cove Park
Bare Cove Park is a 484-acre park designated for wildlife and public recreation. It is located in Hingham, Massachusetts, on the Weymouth Back River across from Great Esker Park.
2.7 km · park in Hingham, United States of America · Wikipedia
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Getting to Hingham
- Airports
- Boston Logan (BOS), 18 km · Rhode Island T. F. Green (PVD), 72 km · Bradley (BDL), 152 km
- Stations
- Grape Island, 5 km · Cohasset station, 4 km · Ragged Island, 2.7 km · East Weymouth station, 3.6 km · Nantasket Junction station, 1.8 km
- Providence/Warwick → Hingham77 km · quickest by road, 2h · $8–10
- Portland → Hingham4094 km · quickest by air, 9h 19m · $460–710
- Hartford → Hingham158 km · quickest by road, 3h 6m · $15–20
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Hingham
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Hingham. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThe ferry is certainly the most scenic and interesting way to arrive; but the terminal is—let's say—austere.
- Get inThe 714 runs every hour up and down the peninsula and connects with the ferry terminal at the end.
- Get aroundall the way to the tip of Hull, known as Hull Gut, which is where the local high school, ferry and windmill are located.
From Wikivoyage: Hull (Massachusetts), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Hingham
Hingham is 18 km from South Boston, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Hull Shore Drive and Nantasket Avenuehistoric district in the United States4.7 km
- Sea Street Historic Districthistoric district in Massachusetts, United States5.5 km