Crane Beach
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Beach
- Description: conservation and recreation property located in Ipswich, Massachusetts
- Also known as: “Crane’s Beach”, “Cranes Beach”, “Ipswich Beach”, and “Patch’s Beach”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Corn Island and Stavros Reservation.
Stavros Reservation
Nature reserve
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The James N. and Mary F. Stavros Reservation is a 74-acre nature reserve located in Essex, Massachusetts. The property has been owned by The Trustees of Reservations since 1986. Stavros Reservation is situated 2 miles southwest of Crane Beach.
Sandy Point State Reservation
Protected area
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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 2 miles northwest of Crane Beach.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Essex and Annisquam.
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.
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 4 miles east of Crane Beach.
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.
Crane Beach
- Categories: landform and tourist attraction
- Location: Town of Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.67842° or 42° 40′ 42″ northLongitude
-70.75233° or 70° 45′ 8″ westElevation
10 feet (3 metres)Open location code
87JFM6HX+93OpenStreetMap ID
way 283700560OpenStreetMap feature
natural=beach
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to German—“Crane Beach” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Crane Beach (lapyahan sa Estados Unidos)”
- Cebuano: “Crane Beach”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كرين بيتش”
- German: “Crane Beach”
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