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Head Island Causeway Trail – Admiral David Farragut Statue loop from South Boston

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Head Island Causeway Trail – Admiral David Farragut Statue loop from South Boston

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Head Island Causeway Trail – Admiral David Farragut Statue loop from South Boston

01:13

4.73km

20m

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Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: March 4, 2026

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1.81 km

Donald McKay Clipper Ship Monument

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Donald McKay (1810-1880) was a Nova Scotia-born American designer and builder of cargo sailing ships (clippers) that were famous for their speed records in the mid-18th century. One of these records, from 1854, distance traveled in 24 hours, was not broken until 1984.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_McKay

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2.09 km

Fort Independence (Castle Island)

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‘Fort Independence’ was formerly known as ‘Castle William’, named in 1701 after William II of England. The island off the coast of Boston Harbor had served as a strategic location for military fortifications for centuries.
After being destroyed by the British in the ‘American Revolutionary War’ in 1776 and rebuilt by the American government, the fortress was renamed ‘Fort Independence’ in 1797. Today it is part of the ‘Boston Harbor Islands National and State Park’.
nps.gov/places/fort-independence-castle-william.htm

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2.64 km

Head Island Causeway Trail

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The Head Island Causeway Trail is a hiking trail on the levee around Pleasure Bay. It was completed in 1959 with two openings through which the tide can flow in and out. The levee extends from Castle Island to Head Island or Sugar Bowl Park and continues along the pier to the peninsula where the Head House once stood.
The design is based on landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted's original plan from 1897 to form a semicircular bay with promenades and bridges. Later projects closed the circle with the levee construction and thus created Pleasure Bay with a promenade, a beach and a tidal pool.
asla.org/guide/site.aspx?id=39983
boshw.us/sign/creating-pleasure-bay/?lang=english

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3.25 km

Head Island Pavilion

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The Head House opened in 1897. It was located opposite Castle Island on a peninsula that juts out into Boston Harbor. In 1896, an iron pier was built from this peninsula to the small offshore Head Island; today this island is known as Sugar Bowl Park on the Head Island Causeway. The 1938 hurricane severely damaged both the Head House and the pier. The building was demolished in 1942, partly for economic reasons; the pier was replaced by a granite causeway in 1953.
caughtinsouthie.com/features/southie-history-lesson-the-head-house

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3.29 km

View of Boston Bay

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4.24 km

Admiral David Farragut Statue

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Farragut was born in Tennessee in 1801 and raised by a naval officer. At just 11 years old (!) he gained his first war experience and at 22 he received his first command. In the American Civil War he became a rear admiral.

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4.73 km

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Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

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2.78 km

1.28 km

669 m

Surfaces

3.13 km

1.41 km

177 m

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Head Island Causeway Trail – Admiral David Farragut Statue loop from South Boston

Donald McKay Clipper Ship Monument

Fort Independence (Castle Island)

Head Island Causeway Trail

Head Island Pavilion

View of Boston Bay

Admiral David Farragut Statue

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