Nahant Rock

Nahant Rock is an island in Essex, Massachusetts. Nahant Rock is situated nearby to the neighborhood Winthrop Highlands, as well as near the village Beachmont.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Revere Beach and Grovers Cliff.

Revere Beach

Beach

Photo: Reveah-patriot, Public domain.

Revere Beach is a public beach in Revere, Massachusetts, measuring over three miles long and located about five miles north of downtown Boston. In 1875, a rail link was constructed to the beach, leading to its increasing popularity as a summer recreation area.

Grovers Cliff

Cliff

Grovers Cliff is a shoreline escarpment at Broad Sound near the Port of Boston and by extension, the landform extending into the sea that is the "Highlands" section of Winthrop, Massachusetts.

Castle Rock

Islet

Photo: Alfred Thompson Bricher, Public domain.

Castle Rock is a barren, uninhabited island located in Nahant Bay in Nahant, Massachusetts.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nahant and Beachmont.

Nahant

Photo: Pi.1415926535, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Nahant is a small town in the US state of Massachusetts with a population of about 3,000. It used to be a resort town, but changes in vacation preference and modes of travel left the town behind.

Beachmont

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Revere is a city in Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Located approximately 5 miles northeast of Downtown Boston, Revere is the terminus of the MBTA Blue Line, with three stations located within the city: Wonderland, Revere Beach, and Beachmont.

Nahant Rock

Type: Island
Description: island in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Categories: locality and landform
Location: Essex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.40565° or 42° 24′ 20″ north

Longitude

-70.94672° or 70° 56′ 48″ west

Open location code

87JFC343+78

OpenStreetMap ID

node 358273362

OpenStreetMap feature

place=island

GeoNames ID

4944878

Wikidata ID

Q49661452

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In Other Languages

“Nahant Rock” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Nahant Rock”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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