Fort Pickering Beach
Fort Pickering Beach is a beach in City of Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. Fort Pickering Beach is situated nearby to the hamlet Salem Neck, as well as near the neighborhood Fish Flake Hill Historic District.Places of Interest
Highlights include Salem Willows Park and Winter Island.
Salem Willows Park
Park
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Salem Willows is an oceanfront park in Salem, Massachusetts. It is named for the European white willow trees planted there in 1801 to form a shaded walk for patients convalescing at a nearby smallpox hospital.
Winter Island
Island
Winter Island is an island connected by a causeway to Salem Neck in Salem, Massachusetts. It is about 45 acres in size, and is bounded by Smith Pool to the northwest, Cat Cove to the west, Salem Channel to the south and east, and Juniper Cove to the north.
Fort Pickering Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Fort Pickering Light, also known as Winter Island Light, is a lighthouse built in 1871 and discontinued by the Coast Guard in 1969. It was relit as a private aid to navigation by the City of Salem in 1983.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fish Flake Hill Historic District and Beverly Center Business District.
Fish Flake Hill Historic District
Neighborhood
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The Fish Flake Hill Historic District encompasses a section of Front Street in Beverly, Massachusetts that includes a remarkable concentration of colonial buildings, and which was notable for its importance in the American Revolutionary War.
Beverly Center Business District
Neighborhood
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The Beverly Center Business District encompasses much of the historic 19th century commercial heart of Beverly, Massachusetts. Centered on Cabot and Church Streets between Central Street and the Beverly Common, its architecture reflects the city's growth over 150 years.
Beverly
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Beverly is a city of 43,000 people in the North Shore region of Massachusetts. Dating back to the 17th century, Beverly has a long maritime history intertwined with resort, residential, and manufacturing roles that have helped defined the city as it is today.
Fort Pickering Beach
- Type: Beach
- Description: beach in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
- Category: landform
- Location: City of Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.53497° or 42° 32′ 6″ northLongitude
-70.8722° or 70° 52′ 20″ westOpen location code
87JFG4MH+X4OpenStreetMap ID
way 81608657OpenStreetMap feature
natural=beachGeoNames ID
4937108Wikidata ID
Q49320735
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In Other Languages
“Fort Pickering Beach” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Fort Pickering Beach”
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