Long Beach
Long Beach is a beach in Town of Rockport, Essex, Massachusetts. Long Beach is situated nearby to the hamlet Lands End, as well as near Bass Rocks.Places of Interest
Highlights include Thacher Island and Rockport Public Library.
Thacher Island
Islet
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. Thacher Island is situated 2 miles east of Long Beach.
Cape Ann Light
Lighthouse
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. Cape Ann Light is situated 2 miles east of Long Beach.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rockport and Dogtown Commons.
Rockport
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
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.Long Beach
- Type: Beach
- Category: landform
- Location: Town of Rockport, Essex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.63013° or 42° 37′ 49″ north
Longitude
-70.61658° or 70° 36′ 60″ west
Elevation
33 feet (10 metres)
Open location code
87JFJ9JM+39
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=beach
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Long Beach” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Long Beach (lapyahan sa Estados Unidos, Massachusetts, Essex County, lat 42,63, long -70,62)”
- Cebuano: “Long Beach”
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Localities in the Area
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