Coffins Beach
Coffins Beach is a beach in City of Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts. Coffins Beach is situated nearby to the hamlet Annisquam, as well as near Bay View.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Beach
- Description: beach in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
- Also known as: “Coffin’s Beach” and “Wingaersheek Beach”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Annisquam Harbor Light and Corn Island.
Annisquam Harbor Light
Lighthouse
Photo: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Annisquam Harbor Light Station is a historic lighthouse located on Wigwam Point in the Annisquam neighborhood of Gloucester, Massachusetts. It can be viewed from nearby Wingaersheek Beach, Gloucester. Annisquam Harbor Light is situated 2 miles east of Coffins Beach.
Corn Island
Island
Corn Island is a forested island of Essex County, Massachusetts. Corn Island is situated 1½ miles west of Coffins Beach.
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. Crane Beach is situated 2 miles northwest of Coffins Beach.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Annisquam and Dogtown Commons.
Annisquam
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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 2 miles east of Coffins Beach.
Dogtown Commons
Hamlet
Photo: Daderot, Public domain.
Dogtown is an abandoned inland village in Gloucester on Cape Ann in Massachusetts. Dogtown Commons is situated 3 miles southeast of Coffins Beach.
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.
Coffins Beach
- Category: landform
- Location: City of Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.66259° or 42° 39′ 45″ northLongitude
-70.71755° or 70° 43′ 3″ westElevation
10 feet (3 metres)Open location code
87JFM77J+2XOpenStreetMap ID
node 358275710OpenStreetMap feature
natural=beach
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In Other Languages
“Coffins Beach” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Coffins Beach”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Bay View and Riverdale Station.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Twopenny Loaf and Coffins Beach.
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