List of islands of Massachusetts

Name Municipality Populated? Terrain Notes Abbot Rock Salem uninhabited barren minor rock Abiels Ledge Wareham 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 Bourne inhabited residential area Angelica Rock Fairhaven uninhabited barren minor island, privately owned 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 Gill 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^[1] 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 / compilation 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 Marshfield uninhabited barren large rock Briggs Rock Westport uninhabited barren minor rock Brimbles Salem uninhabited barren minor rocks Brooklyn Rock Fairhaven uninhabited barren minor rock Brown Island Marblehead abandoned private conservation land (Trustees of Reservations) 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 Bumpkin Island Hingham inhabited? state park ruins / Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area Burnham Rocks Gloucester? uninhabited barren minor rocks Button Island Hingham uninhabited forested minor island / Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area Calf Island Boston uninhabited state park ruins / Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area Calf Islands Boston uninhabited state park ruins / compilation of islands / Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area Canary Island Hatfield uninhabited heavily forested Canoe Rock Westport uninhabited barren minor rock Cape Cod Barnstable inhabited thickly settled towns and villages, heavily forested, wetlands forested, minor and major rock Carr Island Salisbury uninhabited wetland State Wildlife Management Area Carrick Island Petersham uninhabited forested Castle Rock Nahant uninhabited barren mid-size rock Caswell Rock Marblehead uninhabited barren minor rock 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 Children’s Island Salem inhabited Summer Camp, property of YMCA Childs Island Medfield uninhabited heavily forested minor island / wetland Chittenden Rock Cohasset uninhabited barren minor rock Choate Island 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 Clark’s Island Plymouth inhabited residential area Cleveland East Ledge Falmouth location of Cleveland East Ledge Light 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 Falmouth 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 abandoned light growth, small salt marsh 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 Salem 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 / privately owned Crow Island Fairhaven inhabited residence minor island Crow Island Rock Manchester-by-the-Sea uninhabited barren minor rock Crowninshield Island Marblehead abandoned small pine forest Trustees of Reservations property Cunningham Ledge Boylston uninhabited minor 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 Davis Neck 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 Deer Island Boston Harbor uninhabited Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area Den Hill Island Devils Foot Island Falmouth 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 Dry Salvages Rockport uninhabited barren compilation of islands Duck Island Barnstable uninhabited barren minor island / wetland E Island Auburndale uninhabited forested minor island / wetland Eagle Island Salem uninhabited light growth minor island Egg Rock Nahant uninhabited very light growth major rock Elizabeth Island Arlington uninhabited forested minor island Fish Island New Bedford Fox Island Waltham uninhabited forested minor island Gallops Island Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area Gerry Island Georges Island Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area Gooseberry Island Salem uninhabited light growth minor island Governors Island Grape Island Weymouth Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area Great Bank Great Brewster Island Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area Great Egg Island Great Flat Great Island Wellfleet uninhabited Great Island Trail ^[2] Great Misery Island Salem uninhabited/abandoned nature preserve (Trustees of Reservations) minor island Green Island Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area Gull Island Gosnold Gunning Island Hales Island Haverhill Halfmoon Flat Halfway Pond Island Plymouth uninhabited? research natural area (The Nature Conservancy in Massachusetts) minor island Hangman Island Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area Hog Island Essex uninhabited? spruce forest, wetlands location site for The Crucible (1996 film) Holy Island Ipswich House Island Manchester-by-the-Sea Kettle Island Langlee Island Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area Little Brewster Island Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area Little Calf Island Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area Little Island Little Misery Island Salem, Massachusetts Little Quabbin Island Little Ram Island Little Salvages Long Beach Rock Long Island Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area Lovell’s Island Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area Marblehead Rock uninhabited large rock Martha’s Vineyard Aquinnah, Chilmark, Edgartown, Oak Bluffs, Tisbury, West Tisbury inhabited year round residential/commercial Well-developed summer attraction Middle Brewster Island Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area Middle Ground Milk Island Rockport, Massachusetts Monomoy Island Chatham Monohamsett Island Moon Island Quincy uninhabited training facilities Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area Morris Island Mount Zion Island Petersham uninhabited forested in Quabbin Reservoir; access not permitted^[3] Muskeget Island Nantucket uninhabited dunes, marsh 2 buildings; inaccessible by most boats Nantucket Nantucket inhabited year round residential, commercial Well-developed tourist attraction Nashawena Island Gosnold inhabited year round Privately owned Naushon Island Gosnold inhabited year round Privately owned Newton Island Nixes Mate Boston Harbor uninhabited granite rock navigation aid / Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area Nomans Land Chilmark Nonamesset Island Gosnold Nut Island Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area Onset Island Wareham Osterville Grand Island Outer Brewster Island Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area Palmers Island Park Island Parker Hill Island Pasque Island Gosnold Peddocks Island Boston Harbor inhabited ruins Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area Penikese Island Gosnold Pierce Island Pine Island Plum Island Newburyport, Newbury, Ipswich, and Rowley inhabited residential, commercial and wildlife sanctuary Plum Island State Park at southern tip Popes Island Popponesset Island Mashpee Prince Head Raccoon Island Boston Harbor uninhabited gravel/rock Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area Ragged Island Hingham uninhabited plants/trees Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area Rainsford Island Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area Ram Island Salisbury uninhabited wetlands and trees State Wildlife Management Area Roger Island Round Island Sampsons Island Barnstable, Massachusetts uninhabited scrub pine, oak, sand, marsh Mass. Audubon wildlife sanctuary^[4] Sanford Flat Sarah Island Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area Sea Ledge Seal Island Seymour Island Plymouth (in Billington Sea) uninhabited? forested minor island Shag Rocks Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area Sheep Island^[5] Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area Sipson Island Orleans inhabited Pleasant Bay, Cape Cod, private Sipson Meadow Slate Island^[6] Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area Snake Island Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area Southworth Island Spectacle Island Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area Spinnaker Island Stall Hill Island Taunton Stevens Island Straitsmouth Island location of Straitsmouth Island Light Strong Island Tenpound Island Tern Island Thacher Island Rockport The Graves unincorporated area inhabited barren major rock / privately owned / aid to navigation / Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area Thimble Island Boston uninhabited barren Rock outcrop in the Dorchester Bay is the middle shaft of the old sewer tunnel under Dorchester Bay between Moon Island and Columbia Point^[7] Thompson Island Boston uninhabited, used by Outward Bound forested, marshland Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area Tilden Island Tinker’s Island Salem inhabited sparse growth Tobys Island Tuckernuck Island Nantucket yes, summer scrub oak/heath ~35 houses, no roads or electricity Uncatena Island Gosnold Veckatimest Island Gosnold Walker Hill Island Washburn Island Falmouth Weepecket Islands Gosnold West Island Fairhaven Whites Flat Wickets Island Wareham Woodbridge Island