Castle Neck

Castle Neck is a cape in Essex, Massachusetts. Castle Neck is situated nearby to the locality Little Neck, as well as near the hamlet South Essex.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Crane Beach and Sandy Point State Reservation.

Crane Beach

Beach

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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.

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. Sandy Point State Reservation is situated 1½ miles northwest of Castle Neck.

Corn Island

Island

Corn Island is a forested island of Essex County, Massachusetts. Corn Island is situated 2 miles southeast of Castle Neck.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Essex and Ipswich.

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.

Ipswich

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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.

Annisquam

Hamlet

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Annisquam is a waterfront village in the city of Gloucester in Essex County on the North Shore of Massachusetts, United States. It is a few miles across Cape Ann from downtown Gloucester. Annisquam is situated 5 miles east of Castle Neck.

Castle Neck

Type: Cape
Description: cape in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Category: landform
Location: Essex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.68343° or 42° 41′ 0″ north

Longitude

-70.76616° or 70° 45′ 58″ west

Elevation

10 feet (3 metres)

Open location code

87JFM6MM+9G

GeoNames ID

4932416

Wikidata ID

Q49874323

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Castle Neck” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Castle Neck”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Little Neck and South Essex.

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