Nahant Rock

Egg Rock in Nahant Bay near Nahant, Massachusetts is a small island at. It was formerly the site of a lighthouse known as Egg Rock Light but now is owned by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as a bird sanctuary.

Photo: natematias, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Type: Islet
Description: island in Nahant Bay in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
Also known as: “Egg Rock” and “Elephant Rock”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Castle Rock and Greenlawn Cemetery.

Castle Rock

Islet

Photo: Alfred Thompson Bricher, Public domain.

Castle Rock is a barren, uninhabited island located in Nahant Bay in Nahant, Massachusetts.

Greenlawn Cemetery

Cemetery

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Greenlawn Cemetery is a historic cemetery at 195 Nahant Road in Nahant, Massachusetts. Development of the 5.7-acre cemetery was one of the first civic projects of the town of Nahant after its separation from adjacent Lynn in 1853. Greenlawn Cemetery is situated 1½ miles west of Nahant Rock.

Henry Cabot Lodge House

House

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The Henry Cabot Lodge House is a National Historic Landmark at 5 Cliff Street in Nahant, Massachusetts. It was designated as the only known residential building associated with United States Senator Henry Cabot Lodge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nahant and Swampscott.

Nahant

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Nahant is a small town in the US state of Massachusetts with a population of about 3,000. It used to be a resort town, but changes in vacation preference and modes of travel left the town behind.

Swampscott

Town

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Swampscott is a town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States, located 15 miles up the coast from Boston in an area known as the North Shore. The population was 15,111 as of the 2020 United States census. Swampscott is situated 2½ miles north of Nahant Rock.

Central Square Historic District

Neighborhood

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The Central Square Historic District is a historic district encompassing the Central Square area of downtown Lynn, Massachusetts. The area is at the confluence of a number of city streets, and includes buildings that border on Central Avenue, Willow Street, Munroe Street, Lake Street, Almont Street. Central Square Historic District is situated 3 miles northwest of Nahant Rock.

Nahant Rock

Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
Location: Town of Nahant, Essex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.43349° or 42° 26′ 1″ north

Longitude

-70.89799° or 70° 53′ 53″ west

Elevation

49 feet (15 metres)

Open location code

87JFC4M2+9R

OpenStreetMap ID

way 82004232

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=coastline

OpenStreetMap feature

place=islet

GeoNames ID

4935719

Wikidata ID

Q5347825

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Nahant Rock” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Egg Rock”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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