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Ragged Island is an island in the Hingham Bay area of the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area. The island has a permanent size of 4 acres, and it is composed of a massing of Roxbury puddingstone which rises to a height of 30 feet (9.1 m) above sea level. Broken ledges surround most of the island with small gravel beaches on the southeast and northwest sides; there are also small tidal mudflats. The island was first occupied by John Langlee in the late seventeenth century. In the late nineteenth century, it was developed as part of a summer resort, and it has subsequently been the site of a restaurant and rustic observation shelters. Today, it is uninhabited and has an interesting mix of cultivated and naturalized plants, including lily-of-the-valley, daylily, silver maple, red maple, Norway maple, cedar, Norway spruce, linden, greenbrier and poison ivy. The island is managed by the town of Hingham and access is by private boat only.  Source: Wikipedia-Ragged Island

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  • Home
  • Membership
    • Membership Benefits-Partners >
      • Travel Discounts
      • Black Rock Sailing School
      • Boat US
    • Purchase Membership
    • Newsletter - Tidings
  • Island Info
    • Island Information - Alphabetical Apple-Grape >
      • Apple Island
      • Bumpkin Island
      • Button Island
      • Calf Island
      • Castle Island
      • Cathleen Stone Island
      • Deer Island
      • Gallops Island
      • Georges Island - Ft Warren
      • Graves, the
      • Grape Island
    • Island Information - Alphabetical Great Brewster - Nantucket LS >
      • Great Brewster Island
      • Green Island
      • Governors Island
      • Hangman Island
      • Langly Island
      • Little Brewster Island
      • Little Calf Island
      • Long Island
      • Lovells Island
      • Middle Brewster
      • Nantucket Light Ship
    • Island Information - Alphabetical - Moon - Rainsford >
      • Moon Island
      • Nixes Mate
      • Noddle Island
      • Nut Island
      • Outer Brewster
      • Peddocks Island
      • Raccoon
      • Ragged Island
      • Rainsford Island
    • Island Information - Alphabetical - Sarah - Thompson >
      • Sarah Island
      • Slate Island
      • Sheep Island
      • Snake Island
      • Spectacle Island
      • Hog/Spinnaker Island
      • Thompson Island now Cathleen Stone Island
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