Ipswich River
Ipswich River is a small river in northeastern Massachusetts, United States. It held significant importance in early colonial migrations inland from the ocean port of Ipswich.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Sandy Point State Reservation and Crane Beach.
Sandy Point State Reservation
Protected area
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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
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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 2 miles southeast of Ipswich River.
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 Ipswich River.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ipswich and Essex.
Ipswich
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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
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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
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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.
Ipswich River
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in the United States of America
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Essex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Welsh—“Ipswich River” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Ipswich”
- Cebuano: “Ipswich River”
- Chinese: “伊普斯威奇河”
- Irish: “Abhainn Ipswich”
- Japanese: “イプスウィッチ川”
- Persian: “رودخانه ایپسویچ”
- Tajik: “Дарёи оипсуич”
- Tajik: “Ипсвич”
- Venetian: “Ipswich”
- Welsh: “Afon Ipswich”
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