Forty Steps

Forty Steps is a cliff in Essex, Massachusetts and has an elevation of 39 feet. Forty Steps is situated nearby to the hamlet Little Nahant, as well as near Phillips Point.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Castle Rock and Henry Cabot Lodge House.

Castle Rock

Islet

Photo: Alfred Thompson Bricher, Public domain.

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

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.

Nahant Rock

Islet

Photo: natematias, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nahant and Swampscott.

Nahant

Photo: Pi.1415926535, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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

Photo: Daderot, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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 3½ miles north of Forty Steps.

Central Square Historic District

Neighborhood

Photo: Marcbela, Public domain.

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 3½ miles northwest of Forty Steps.

Forty Steps

Type: Cliff with an elevation of 39 feet
Description: cliff in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
Category: landform
Location: Essex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.42176° or 42° 25′ 18″ north

Longitude

-70.90921° or 70° 54′ 33″ west

Elevation

39 feet (12 metres)

Open location code

87JFC3CR+P8

GeoNames ID

4937133

Wikidata ID

Q49468715

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Forty Steps” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Forty Steps (pangpang sa Estados Unidos, Massachusetts)”
Cebuano: “Forty Steps”

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