Massachusetts is bordered on the north by New Hampshire and Vermont, on the west by New York, on the south by Connecticut and Rhode Island, and on the east by the Atlantic Ocean. At the southeastern corner of the state is a large, sandy, arm-shaped peninsula called Cape Cod. The islands of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket lie to the south of Cape Cod. Massachusetts is known as the Bay State because of the several large bays that give its coastline its distinctive shape: Massachusetts Bay and Cape Cod Bay on the state's east coast, and Buzzards Bay to the ...

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Agawam is located at 42°4'19" North, 72°38'39" West (42.071961, -72.644097)GR1. The city borders West Springfield, Massachusetts to the north, Southwick, Massachusetts to the west, Longmeadow, Massachusetts to the east, and Suffield, Connecticut to the south. Westfield, Massachusetts also borders to the north and also west. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 62.8 km² (24.2 mi²). 60.2 km² (23.2 mi²) of it is land and 2.6 km² (1.0 mi ...

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Brookline is located at 42°19'50" North, 71°8'1" West (42.330664, -71.13364)GR1. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 17.7 km² (6.8 mi²). 17.6 km² (6.8 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.04 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 0.44% water. ...

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Attleboro is located at 41°55'41" North, 71°18'52" West (41.928099, -71.314564)GR1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 73.2 km² (28.3 mi²). 71.3 km² (27.5 mi²) of it is land and 2.0 km² (0.8 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 2.72% water. ...

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Beverly is located at 42°33'40" North, 70°52'33" West (42.560995, -70.875702)GR1 less than twenty miles north of Boston. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 58.9 km² (22.7 mi²). 43.0 km² (16.6 mi²) of it is land and 15.9 km² (6.1 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 27.00% water. ...

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Located in northeastern Massachusetts, Burlington is bordered by Bedford on the west, Billerica on the northwest, Wilmington on the northeast, Woburn on the southeast and south, and Lexington on the south. Burlington is 12 miles south of Lowell, 13 miles northwest of Boston, 36 miles southeast of Fitchburg, and 224 miles from New York City. Its highest point is Greenleaf Mountain (220' above sea level), the lowest point is the Great Meadow (150' above sea level). The elevation at Town Hall is 290' above sea level. The largest body of water is the 500 million gal ...

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Barnstable is located at 41°39'33" North, 70°21'11" West (41.659158, -70.353059)GR1, on the "biceps" of the Cape Cod arm. It is bordered by Cape Cod Bay on the north, Nantucket Sound on the south, Sandwich and Mashpee on the west and Yarmouth on the east. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 197.5 km² (76.2 mi²). 155.5 km² (60.0 mi²) of it is land and 42.0 km² (16. ...

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Cambridge is located at 42°22'25" North, 71°6'38" West 42.373746° N 71.110554° W GR1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 18.5 km² (7.1 mi²). 16.7 km² (6.4 mi²) of it is land and 1.8 km² (0.7 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 9.82% water. Cambridge is bordered by the city of Boston on its south and east (across the Charles River), by the city of Somerville and the town of Arlington to its north, and by ...

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Brighton appears on a map as a western appendage of Boston, connected to the rest of the city by the Allston neighborhood and otherwise surrounded on all sides by the cities of Cambridge, Watertown, and Newton, and the town of Brookline. Allston-Brighton is often considered collectively as one neighborhood. The Charles River separates Brighton from Cambridge and Watertown. ...

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The ZIP code 02134 roughly expresses Allston's extents, which was made famous nationwide by a recurring musical piece on the PBS children's series ZOOM -- whose originating station, WGBH, is located in the neighborhood. Allston is bordered by the Charles River and the city of Cambridge to the north, Brookline to the south, and is split by the Massachusetts Turnpike in the middle. The area north of the turnpike near the river ...

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According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 176.9 km² (68.3 mi²). 140.5 km² (54.2 mi²) of it is land and 36.4 km² (14.1 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 20.60% water. Petersham now contains the entirety of Dana, and portions of Greenwich and Prescott, Massachusetts, three of the four towns that were disincorporated in 1938 to make way for the Quabbin Reservoir. ...

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According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 121.5 km² (46.9 mi²). 121.4 km² (46.9 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.04 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 0.04% water. Williamstown is the northwesternmost town in Massachusetts; that is, it shares its northern border with Vermont and its western border with New York. ...

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According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 103.5 km² (40.0 mi²). 89.1 km² (34.4 mi²) of it is land and 14.4 km² (5.6 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 13.93% water. Ware now contains portions of Enfield and Greewich, Massachusetts, two of the four towns that were disincorporated in 1938 to make way for the Quabbin Reservoir. ...

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According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 68.6 km² (26.5 mi²). 64.9 km² (25.1 mi²) of it is land and 3.7 km² (1.4 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 5.40% water. Pelham now contains a portion of Enfield, Massachusetts, one of the four towns that were disincorporated in 1938 to make way for the Quabbin Reservoir. ...

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Marlborough is located at 42°21'3" North, 71°32'51" West (42.350909, -71.547530)GR1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 57.4 km² (22.2 mi²). 54.6 km² (21.1 mi²) of it is land and 2.8 km² (1.1 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 4.87% water. ...

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Brookline is located at 42°19'50" North, 71°8'1" West (42.330664, -71.13364)GR1. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 17.7 km² (6.8 mi²). 17.6 km² (6.8 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.04 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 0.44% water. ...

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Chelsea is located at 42°23'47" North, 71°2'1" West (42.396382, -71.033529)GR1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 6.4 km² (2.5 mi²). 5.7 km² (2.2 mi²) of it is land and 0.8 km² (0.3 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 11.69% water. ...

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Sagamore is located at 41°47'9" North, 70°31'51" West (41.785825, -70.530887)GR1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 9.1 km² (3.5 mi²). 8.7 km² (3.4 mi²) of it is land and 0.4 km² (0.2 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 4.27% water. ...

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Newburyport is located at 42°48'45" North, 70°52'39" West (42.812391, -70.877440)GR1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 27.4 km² (10.6 mi²). 21.7 km² (8.4 mi²) of it is land and 5.7 km² (2.2 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 20.77% water. ...

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