Cat Cove
Cat Cove is a cove in the northwestern portion of Salem Harbor in Salem, Massachusetts. The cove is located between Winter Island and Salem Neck. There is a powerplant located on the coast of Salem Neck bordering the southwestern edge of Cat Cove, as well as a marine laboratory.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Winter Island and Fort Pickering Lighthouse.
Winter Island
Island
Winter Island is an island connected by a causeway to Salem Neck in Salem, Massachusetts. It is about 45 acres in size, and is bounded by Smith Pool to the northwest, Cat Cove to the west, Salem Channel to the south and east, and Juniper Cove to the north.
Fort Pickering Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Fort Pickering Light, also known as Winter Island Light, is a lighthouse built in 1871 and discontinued by the Coast Guard in 1969. It was relit as a private aid to navigation by the City of Salem in 1983.
Salem Harbor Power Station
Power station
Photo: Fletcher6, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Salem Harbor Power Station is a natural gas-fired power plant located in Salem, Massachusetts. It replaced an outdated coal-fired plant on the same site and went online in May 2018.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fish Flake Hill Historic District and Charter Street Historic District.
Fish Flake Hill Historic District
Neighborhood
Photo: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Fish Flake Hill Historic District encompasses a section of Front Street in Beverly, Massachusetts that includes a remarkable concentration of colonial buildings, and which was notable for its importance in the American Revolutionary War.
Charter Street Historic District
Neighborhood
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The Charter Street Historic District encompasses a small remnant of the oldest part of Salem, Massachusetts that has since been surrounded by more modern development.
Downtown Salem District
Neighborhood
Photo: Marcbela, Public domain.
Downtown Salem District is a historic district roughly bounded by Church, Central, New Derby, and Washington Streets in Salem, Massachusetts. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983, and represents a major expansion of the Old Town Hall Historic District, which was listed in 1972.
Cat Cove
- Type: Bay
- Address: MA
- Categories: cove and body of water
- Location: Essex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.52785° or 42° 31′ 40″ northLongitude
-70.87238° or 70° 52′ 21″ westElevation
3 feet (1 metre)Open location code
87JFG4HH+42OpenStreetMap ID
node 368985202OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bay
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In Other Languages
“Cat Cove” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Cat Cove (luuk sa Estados Unidos, Massachusetts)”
- Cebuano: “Cat Cove”
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