Dry Salvages
Dry Salvages is an island in Town of Rockport, Essex, Massachusetts. Dry Salvages is situated nearby to the hamlet Eden Square, as well as near the neighborhood Bearskin Neck.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Also known as: “Tri Sauvages”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Straitsmouth Island Light and Thacher Island.
Straitsmouth Island Light
Lighthouse
The Straitsmouth Island Light is a lighthouse located on Straitsmouth Island, in Rockport, Massachusetts. The original tower was built in 1835, and replaced by a second tower in 1896.
Thacher Island
Islet
Photo: Tim Pierce, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Thacher Island is a small island off Cape Ann on the Massachusetts coast in the United States. It is a part of the Town of Rockport. It was a place where some naval confrontations, both minor and major, took place, which helped secure a victory for the colonists.
Cape Ann Light
Lighthouse
Photo: Tim Pierce, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Cape Ann Light Station on Thacher Island, off Cape Ann in Rockport, Massachusetts, is nationally significant as the last light station to be established under colonial rule and the first station in the United States to mark a navigational hazard rather than a harbor entrance.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rockport and Dogtown Commons.
Rockport
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rockport is a town of 7,000 people in Massachusetts on Cape Ann. The town, once famous for granite production, got its start as an artist colony in the late 1800s.
Dogtown Commons
Hamlet
Photo: Daderot, Public domain.
Dogtown is an abandoned inland village in Gloucester on Cape Ann in Massachusetts. Dogtown Commons is situated 6 miles southwest of Dry Salvages.
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 6 miles west of Dry Salvages.
Dry Salvages
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Town of Rockport, Essex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.67232° or 42° 40′ 20″ northLongitude
-70.56792° or 70° 34′ 5″ westElevation
3 feet (1 metre)Open location code
87JFMCCJ+WROpenStreetMap ID
way 81469529OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
4935092Wikidata ID
Q49636999
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In Other Languages
“Dry Salvages” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Dry Salvages”
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