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.

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

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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

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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″ north

Longitude

-70.6836° or 70° 41′ 1″ west

Population

28,800

Elevation

89 feet (27 metres)

Open location code

87JFJ8J8+6H

GeoNames ID

4937843

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