Essex Falls

Essex Falls is a hamlet in Town of Essex, Massachusetts. Essex Falls is situated nearby to the hamlet South Essex, as well as near the neighborhood Hamilton Historic District.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Essex Town Hall and TOHP Burnham Library and Sagamore Hill Radio Observatory.

Essex Town Hall and TOHP Burnham Library

Town hall

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The Essex Town Hall and TOHP Burnham Library is an exuberant Shingle Style building at 30 Martin Street in Essex, Massachusetts in the United States. Containing town offices, a public library and an auditorium, it was built in 1893-1894, and its architect was Frank W.

Sagamore Hill Radio Observatory

Military installation

The Sagamore Hill Solar Radio Observatory is a solar radio observatory located in Hamilton, Massachusetts, that operates on a daily basis to obtain scientific observations of the Sun. It is a functional component of the Radio Solar Telescope Network.

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 northeast of Essex Falls.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Essex and Hamilton.

Essex

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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.

Hamilton

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Hamilton is a North Shore city in Massachusetts with a population of about 7,500 in 2020. Hamilton is closely tied to its sister town, Wenham, sharing a school system, library, recreation department and commuter rail station.

Hamilton Historic District

Neighborhood

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The Hamilton Historic District encompasses the early historic center of Hamilton, Massachusetts. It includes properties at 540-700 and 563-641 Bay Road, extending along the road from Orchard Road in the south to Cutler Road in the north. Hamilton Historic District is situated 3 miles west of Essex Falls.

Essex Falls

Type: Hamlet
Category: locality
Location: Town of Essex, Essex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.6251° or 42° 37′ 30″ north

Longitude

-70.79116° or 70° 47′ 28″ west

Elevation

30 feet (9 metres)

Open location code

87JFJ6G5+2G

OpenStreetMap ID

node 158822411

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

4935957

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