THE SCITUATE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Gulf of Maine Coastal Lowland setting.
Scituate town has 17.2 square miles of land in Plymouth County. Its Census reference point is in Gulf of Maine Coastal Lowland, within Northeastern Coastal Zone.
Irregular plains and low hills form a coastal transition with glacial lakes and oak-pine woodland. This northeastern landscape is gentler than the mountainous country farther inland.
Regional context: Northeastern Coastal Zone ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Scituate and Plymouth County
Scituate is associated with Plymouth County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Scituate by land and water
The Census records 14.6 square miles of water within Scituate, or 45.9% of its total area. It is 6.1 percentage points higher than the 39.8% recorded for Plymouth County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Scituate town has 4.6 times the land area of nearby North Scituate CDP (3.76 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

