Lands End

Lands End is a cape in Essex, Massachusetts. Lands End is situated nearby to the hamlet Eden Square, as well as near the neighborhood Bearskin Neck.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Thacher Island and Cape Ann Light.

Thacher Island

Islet

Photo: Tim Pierce, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Thacher Island is a small island off Cape Ann on the Massachusetts coast in the United States. It is a part of the Town of Rockport. It was a place where some naval confrontations, both minor and major, took place, which helped secure a victory for the colonists.

Cape Ann Light

Lighthouse

Photo: Tim Pierce, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Cape Ann Light Station on Thacher Island, off Cape Ann in Rockport, Massachusetts, is nationally significant as the last light station to be established under colonial rule and the first station in the United States to mark a navigational hazard rather than a harbor entrance.

Thacher Island National Wildlife Refuge

Nature reserve

Thacher Island National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge located on Thacher Island near Rockport, Massachusetts. It is managed under the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rockport and Dogtown Commons.

Rockport

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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.

Dogtown Commons

Hamlet

Photo: Daderot, Public domain.

Dogtown is an abandoned inland village in Gloucester on Cape Ann in Massachusetts. Dogtown Commons is situated 3½ miles west of Lands End.

Gloucester

Photo: dbking, CC BY 2.0.

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.

Lands End

Type: Cape
Description: cape in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Category: landform
Location: Essex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.63482° or 42° 38′ 5″ north

Longitude

-70.59532° or 70° 35′ 43″ west

Elevation

20 feet (6 metres)

Open location code

87JFJCM3+WV

GeoNames ID

4941649

Wikidata ID

Q49924963

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Lands End” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Lands End (punta sa Estados Unidos, Massachusetts)”
Cebuano: “Lands End”

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Localities in the Area

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