Button Island (Massachusetts)

Map of Button Island, provided by the National Park Service.

Button Island is a small island in the Hingham Bay area of the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area. It is part of the Town of Hingham. The island has a permanent size of under 1-acre (4,000 m²), plus an intertidal zone of a further 116 acres (0.47 km²). It is composed of a massing of glacial till which rises to a height of 10 feet (3.0 m) above sea level. The island is managed by the town of Hingham, and access is by private boat only.^[1]

The island is notable for a large oak tree, which together with several smaller oaks, cedars, and sumac cover the island. Shrub species such as bayberry and dewberry can also be found. Grasses and sea-lavender populate the inter-tidal zone.^[1]

References

1 2 "Button Island Factsheet". Boston Harbor Islands Partnership. Archived from the original on September 14, 2006. Retrieved October 6, 2006.

Coordinates: 42°15′04.15″N 70°53′03.74″W / 42.2511528°N 70.8843722°W / 42.2511528; -70.8843722

Islands in Boston Harbor

Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area

Boston	Apple Calf Castle Deer Gallops Georges Governors The Graves Great Brewster Green Little Brewster Little Calf Long Lovells Martin Ledge Middle Brewster Nixes Mate Noddle's Outer Brewster Rainsford Shag Rocks Spectacle Thompson

Hingham	Bumpkin Island Button Langlee Ragged Sarah

Hull	Peddocks Spinnaker

Quincy	Hangman Moon Nut Raccoon

Weymouth	Grape Sheep Slate

Winthrop	Snake

Italics indicate former islands

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