Coles Island

Coles Island is a nature reserve in Essex, Massachusetts. Coles Island is situated nearby to the hamlet Annisquam, as well as near Riverview Landing.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Wingaersheek Beach and Annisquam Harbor Light.

Wingaersheek Beach

Beach

Photo: Gabrielm199, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wingaersheek Beach is a 0.6-mile long beach located on the Annisquam River in West Gloucester, Massachusetts, United States. According to the USGS the name is a corruption of the earlier Dutch name "Wyngaerts Hoeck", which was derived from "Wyngaerton".

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.

Corn Island

Island

Corn Island is a forested island of Essex County, Massachusetts.

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.

Dogtown Commons

Hamlet

Photo: Daderot, Public domain.

Dogtown is an abandoned inland village in Gloucester on Cape Ann in Massachusetts.

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.

Coles Island

Type: Nature reserve
Description: cape in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Categories: cape and recreation area
Location: Essex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.65272° or 42° 39′ 10″ north

Longitude

-70.71407° or 70° 42′ 51″ west

Elevation

26 feet (8 metres)

Operator

Essex County Greenbelt

Open location code

87JFM73P+39

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1336619697

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

GeoNames ID

4933613

Wikidata ID

Q55583669

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Satellite Map

Discover Coles Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

“Coles Island” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Coles Island (punta)”
Cebuano: “Coles Island”

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