Winthrop
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.
Getting around Winthrop the local way
- 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.
From Wikivoyage: Boston/East Boston, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.
Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Sharon Hahn Darlin (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.