Nelson Island
Nelson Island is an island in Essex, Massachusetts. Nelson Island is situated nearby to the hamlet Hog Islands, as well as near the neighborhood Newbury Neck.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Holy Island and Dole–Little House.
Holy Island
Island
Holy Island is a marshy island located off the northeast coast of Massachusetts, north of Cape Ann. The island is situated immediately west of Plum Island and is part of the Town of Ipswich in Essex County.
Dole–Little House
Museum
Photo: Daderot, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Dole–Little House is a historic house at 289 High Road, Newbury, Massachusetts. It is now a non-profit museum operated by Historic New England and open to the public, for a fee, at rare intervals.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Newbury Old Town and Rowley.
Newbury Old Town
Village
Rowley
Town
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.
Ipswich
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
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.
Nelson Island
- 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
42.74566° or 42° 44′ 44″ northLongitude
-70.82671° or 70° 49′ 36″ westElevation
10 feet (3 metres)Open location code
87JFP5WF+78OpenStreetMap ID
way 283718339OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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In Other Languages
“Nelson Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Nelson Island”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Hog Islands and Newbury Neck.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Nelson’s Island Site and Nelson Island Marshes.
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