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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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.
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″ northLongitude
-70.71407° or 70° 42′ 51″ westElevation
26 feet (8 metres)Operator
Essex County GreenbeltOpen location code
87JFM73P+39OpenStreetMap ID
way 1336619697OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserveGeoNames ID
4933613Wikidata ID
Q55583669
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In Other Languages
“Coles Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Coles Island (punta)”
- Cebuano: “Coles Island”
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