Bar Head
Bar Head is a peak in Essex, Massachusetts. Bar Head is situated nearby to the locality Bar Rock, as well as near Bass Rock.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Peak
- Description: cliff in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
- Also known as: “South Plum”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sandy Point State Reservation and Grape Island.
Sandy Point State Reservation
Protected area
Photo: Botteville, Public domain.
Sandy Point State Reservation is a coastal Massachusetts state park located in the town of Ipswich at the southern tip of Plum Island. The reservation is managed by the Department of Conservation and Recreation and is an important nesting area for the piping plover and the least tern.
Grape Island
Island
Grape Island, sometimes known as Grape Island, Ipswich, is a part of Plum Island, in Ipswich, Massachusetts, in the United States. For nearly two centuries, Grape Island was a small, but thriving community of fishermen, farmers, and clam diggers, until the land was purchased by the US Government and turned into a wildlife refuge in the middle of the 20th century.
Crane Beach
Beach
Photo: Jrpvaldi, Public domain.
Crane Beach is a 1,234-acre conservation and recreation property located in Ipswich, Massachusetts, immediately north of Cape Ann. It consists of a four-mile-long sandy beachfront, dunes, and a maritime pitch pine forest.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ipswich and Essex.
Ipswich
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Ipswich is a seaside town of 14,000 people in Massachusetts. Home to Willowdale State Forest and Sandy Point State Reservation, Ipswich includes the southern part of Plum Island.
Essex
Photo: GMushinsky, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Essex is a town in on Cape Ann in the North Shore region of Massachusetts. Settled by direct descendants of the Mayflower passengers in the early 1600s, it was later world-renowned as North America's fishing schooner construction center.
Rowley
Town
Ipswich is a seaside town of 14,000 people in Massachusetts. Home to Willowdale State Forest and Sandy Point State Reservation, Ipswich includes the southern part of Plum Island. Rowley is situated 6 miles west of Bar Head.
Bar Head
- Categories: cliff and landform
- Location: Essex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.70397° or 42° 42′ 14″ northLongitude
-70.77264° or 70° 46′ 22″ westElevation
26 feet (8 metres)Open location code
87JFP63G+HWOpenStreetMap ID
node 2722474650OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
“Bar Head” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Bar Head”
Localities in the Area
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