Boston · United States

Fort Independence: what's nearby, how to get there and when to go · 2026

Fort Independence is a granite bastion fort that provided harbor defenses for Boston, Massachusetts, located on Castle Island.

Fort Independence (Massachusetts) · CC BY-SA 4.0

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TD Garden≈ 25 min Long Wharf and Customhouse Block≈ 50 min Traffic Tunnel Administration Building≈ 55 min Locke-Ober≈ 55 min Massachusetts State House≈ 1 hr Publicity Building≈ 1 hr