City of Gloucester
City of Gloucester is a locality in Essex, Massachusetts. City of Gloucester is situated nearby to the hamlet Riverview, as well as near Riverdale.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gloucester station and Cape Ann Museum.
Gloucester station
Railway station
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Gloucester station is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in Gloucester, Massachusetts. Located off Railroad Avenue and Washington Street in downtown Gloucester, it serves the Rockport branch of the Newburyport/Rockport Line.
Cape Ann Museum
Museum
Cape Ann Museum is an art and historical museum located in Gloucester, Massachusetts. Its collection and programming focuses on the artists and art colonies of Cape Ann, including the Rocky Neck Art Colony and the Folly Cove Designers.
Wingaersheek Beach
Beach
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Wingaersheek Beach is a 0.6-mile long beach located on the Annisquam River in West Gloucester, Massachusetts, United States. According to the USGS the name is a corruption of the earlier Dutch name "Wyngaerts Hoeck", which was derived from "Wyngaerton".
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gloucester and Rockport.
Gloucester
Gloucester is a city in Massachusetts. One of the country's oldest settlements, established in 1623, it serves as America's oldest seaport. Although the sea is contributing less to the city's economy, Gloucester is still a true New England fishing center as immortalized in the movie The Perfect Storm.
Rockport
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Rockport is a town of 7,000 people in Massachusetts on Cape Ann. The town, once famous for granite production, got its start as an artist colony in the late 1800s.
Annisquam
Hamlet
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Annisquam is a waterfront village in the city of Gloucester in Essex County on the North Shore of Massachusetts, United States. It is a few miles across Cape Ann from downtown Gloucester.
City of Gloucester
- Type: Locality with 28,800 residents
- Also known as: “Cape Ann”, “Five Pound Island”, “Gloucester”, “Town of Cape Ann”, “Tragabigzanda”, “Vinson’s Cove”, and “Wyngaersheek”
- Location: Essex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.6306° or 42° 37′ 50″ northLongitude
-70.6836° or 70° 41′ 1″ westPopulation
28,800Elevation
89 feet (27 metres)Open location code
87JFJ8J8+6HGeoNames ID
4937843
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