Black Rock
Black Rock is an island in Essex, Massachusetts. Black Rock is situated nearby to the hamlet Little Nahant, as well as near the village Point of Pines.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Greenlawn Cemetery and Revere Beach.
Greenlawn Cemetery
Cemetery
Greenlawn Cemetery is a historic cemetery at 195 Nahant Road in Nahant, Massachusetts. Development of the 5.7-acre cemetery was one of the first civic projects of the town of Nahant after its separation from adjacent Lynn in 1853.
Revere Beach
Beach
Photo: Reveah-patriot, Public domain.
Revere Beach is a public beach in Revere, Massachusetts, measuring over three miles long and located about five miles north of downtown Boston. In 1875, a rail link was constructed to the beach, leading to its increasing popularity as a summer recreation area.
Lynn Public Library
Library
Photo: Jameslwoodward, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Lynn Public Library building is a historic library at Five North Common Street in Lynn, Massachusetts. Although library services were offered in Lynn as early 1815, it was not until a bequest in 1896 that the city began planning a permanent home for the growing collection.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nahant and Central Square Historic District.
Nahant
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Nahant is a small town in the US state of Massachusetts with a population of about 3,000. It used to be a resort town, but changes in vacation preference and modes of travel left the town behind.
Central Square Historic District
Neighborhood
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The Central Square Historic District is a historic district encompassing the Central Square area of downtown Lynn, Massachusetts. The area is at the confluence of a number of city streets, and includes buildings that border on Central Avenue, Willow Street, Munroe Street, Lake Street, Almont Street.
Lynn
Lynn is the eighth-largest municipality in Massachusetts, United States, and the largest city in Essex County. Situated on the Atlantic Ocean, 3.7 miles north of the Boston city line at Suffolk Downs, Lynn is part of Greater Boston's urban inner core and is a major economic and cultural center of the North Shore.
Black Rock
- Type: Island
- Categories: locality and landform
- Location: Essex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.43065° or 42° 25′ 50″ northLongitude
-70.94672° or 70° 56′ 48″ westOpen location code
87JFC3J3+78OpenStreetMap ID
node 358273292OpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
4930695
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