Sandy Bay
Sandy Bay is a bay in Essex, Massachusetts. Sandy Bay is situated nearby to the village Pigeon Cove, as well as near the hamlet Ocean View.- Type: Bay
- Also known as: “Sandy Cove”
- Address: MA
Places of Interest
Highlights include Straitsmouth Island Light and Granite Keystone Bridge.
Straitsmouth Island Light
Lighthouse
The Straitsmouth Island Light is a lighthouse located on Straitsmouth Island, in Rockport, Massachusetts. The original tower was built in 1835, and replaced by a second tower in 1896.
Granite Keystone Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Pi.1415926535, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Granite Keystone Bridge is a historic bridge that carries Granite Street over the former railroad that transported granite from Pigeon Hill to Granite Pier in Rockport, Massachusetts.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rockport and Annisquam.
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.
Annisquam
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Annisquam is a waterfront village in the city of Gloucester in Essex County on the North Shore of Massachusetts, United States. It is a few miles across Cape Ann from downtown Gloucester.
Dogtown Commons
Hamlet
Photo: Daderot, Public domain.
Dogtown is an abandoned inland village in Gloucester on Cape Ann in Massachusetts.
Sandy Bay
- Category: body of water
- Location: Essex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.6751° or 42° 40′ 30″ northLongitude
-70.60504° or 70° 36′ 18″ westOpen location code
87JFM9GV+2XOpenStreetMap ID
node 368984759OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bayGeoNames ID
4950197
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