Fox Creek
Fox Creek is a stream in Essex, Massachusetts. Fox Creek is situated nearby to the locality Little Neck, as well as near Camp Sea Haven.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sandy Point State Reservation and Crane Beach.
Sandy Point State Reservation
Protected area
Photo: Botteville, Public domain.
Sandy Point State Reservation is a coastal Massachusetts state park located in the town of Ipswich at the southern tip of Plum Island. The reservation is managed by the Department of Conservation and Recreation and is an important nesting area for the piping plover and the least tern.
Crane Beach
Beach
Photo: Jrpvaldi, Public domain.
Crane Beach is a 1,234-acre conservation and recreation property located in Ipswich, Massachusetts, immediately north of Cape Ann. It consists of a four-mile-long sandy beachfront, dunes, and a maritime pitch pine forest. Crane Beach is situated 2½ miles southeast of Fox Creek.
Grape Island
Island
Grape Island, sometimes known as Grape Island, Ipswich, is a part of Plum Island, in Ipswich, Massachusetts, in the United States. For nearly two centuries, Grape Island was a small, but thriving community of fishermen, farmers, and clam diggers, until the land was purchased by the US Government and turned into a wildlife refuge in the middle of the 20th century. Grape Island is situated 2 miles north of Fox Creek.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ipswich and Essex.
Ipswich
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Ipswich is a seaside town of 14,000 people in Massachusetts. Home to Willowdale State Forest and Sandy Point State Reservation, Ipswich includes the southern part of Plum Island.
Essex
Photo: GMushinsky, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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
Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Fox Creek
- Type: Stream
- Category: body of water
- Location: Essex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.69176° or 42° 41′ 30″ northLongitude
-70.79449° or 70° 47′ 40″ westElevation
3 feet (1 metre)Open location code
87JFM6R4+P6GeoNames ID
4937341
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