Winthrop
Winthrop is a city in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States.
Winthrop is a city in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 19,316 at the 2020 census. Winthrop is an ocean-side suburban town in Greater Boston situated at the north entrance to the Boston Harbor, geographically nearby to the Logan International Airport. It is located on a peninsula, 1.6 square miles (4.2 km2) in area, connected to the city of Revere, Massachusetts by a narrow isthmus and to multiple portions of Boston by a bridge over the harbor inlet to the Belle Isle Marsh Reservation in the neighborhood of East Boston, a shared line at the Boston Logan International Airport, and at Deer Island.
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Worth seeing in and around Winthrop
10 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.
- 01Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1861 to advance "useful knowledge", the university has played a significant role in the development of many areas of technology and science.
9.1 km · private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, founded 1861 · Wikipedia - 02Museum of Fine Arts Boston
The Museum of Fine Arts is an art museum in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the 20th-largest art museum in the world, measured by public gallery area.
9.9 km · art museum in Boston, Massachusetts, United States · Wikipedia - 03TD Garden
TD Garden is a multi-purpose arena in Boston, Massachusetts. It is located directly above the MBTA's North Station, and it replaced the original Boston Garden upon opening in 1995.
6.6 km · multi-purpose arena in Boston, Massachusetts, United States · Wikipedia - 04Berklee College of Music
Berklee College of Music is a private music college in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the largest independent college of contemporary music in the world.
9.1 km · independent college of contemporary music in Boston, Massachusetts, United States · Wikipedia - 05Northeastern University
Northeastern University is a private research university with its main campus in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It was founded by the Boston Young Men's Christian Association in 1898 as an all-male institute before being incorporated as Northeastern College in 1916, gaining university status in 1922.
9.5 km · private university in Boston, Massachusetts, USA · Wikipedia - 06Boston Public Library
The Boston Public Library is a municipal public library system in Boston, Massachusetts, founded in 1848. The Boston Public Library is also Massachusetts' Library for the Commonwealth, meaning all adult residents of the state are entitled to borrowing and research privileges, and the library receives state funding.
6.4 km · library system in Boston, Massachusetts · Wikipedia - 07John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum is the presidential library and museum of John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States from 1961 to 1963. It is located on Columbia Point in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, next to the University of Massachusetts Boston, the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate, and the Massachusetts Archives and Commonwealth Museum.
8 km · presidential library and museum for U.S. President John F. Kennedy in Boston, Massachusetts · Wikipedia - 08Museum of Bad Art
The Museum of Bad Art is a privately owned museum whose stated aim is "to celebrate the labor of artists whose work would be displayed and appreciated in no other forum". It was originally in Dedham, Massachusetts, and is currently in Boston, Massachusetts.
8.8 km · museum with branches in Massachusetts, United States and Quebec · Wikipedia - 09John Hancock Tower
The John Hancock Tower, colloquially known as the Hancock, is a 60-story, 790-foot skyscraper in the Back Bay neighborhood of downtown Boston, Massachusetts. The pinnacle height is 852 feet.
8 km · skyscraper in Boston, United States · Wikipedia - 10Suffolk University
Suffolk University is a private university in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. With 7,560 students on all campuses, it is the tenth-largest university in metropolitan Boston.
6.7 km · private university located in Boston, Massachusetts · Wikipedia
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Getting to Winthrop
- Airports
- Boston Logan (BOS), 2 km · Rhode Island T. F. Green (PVD), 81 km · Bradley (BDL), 149 km
- Stations
- Logan International Airport, 2.3 km · South Station, 6.4 km · Boston Harbor, 4 km
- Providence/Warwick → Winthrop82 km · quickest by road, 2h 9m · $8–11
- Portland → Winthrop4081 km · quickest by air, 8h 48m · $430–660
- Hartford → Winthrop156 km · quickest by road, 2h 47m · $14–19
- 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 Winthrop
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 Winthrop. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inTake the F2H from Logan Ferry Terminal for boats to Long Wharf, Hingham, and Hull.
- Get inThese ferries run year round, but call ahead if it looks like extreme, icy ocean conditions could be an issue.
- Get inWater taxis are also available, taking you to any dock in the city with about 10 minutes notice.
- Go nextTake the Logan Ferry across the harbor to Hull, operating year round.
- Go nextWater taxis offer more flexibility, take one over to South Boston and tie one on at Harpoon Brewery.
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Next door to Winthrop
Winthrop is 7 km from Boston, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Reverecity in Massachusetts, United States4.4 km
- Dorchesterneighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts8.5 km
- North Endneighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States6 km