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″ northLongitude
-70.94672° or 70° 56′ 48″ westOpen location code
87JFC343+78OpenStreetMap ID
node 358273362OpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
4944878Wikidata 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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