Massachusetts
Essex
Town of Rockport

Thacher Island

Thacher Island is a small island off on the coast in the . It is a part of the Town of . It was a place where some naval confrontations, both minor and major, took place, which helped secure a victory for the colonists.
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  • Type: Islet
  • Description: island in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
  • Also known as: “Shakers Island”, “Thacher’s Island”, “Thachers Island”, “Thatcher Island”, and “Thatchers Island”
  • Historically known as: “Thatcher’s Island”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cape Ann Light and Thacher Island National Wildlife Refuge.

Lighthouse
Photo: Tim Pierce, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Station on Thacher Island, off in , 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.

Nature reserve
is a National Wildlife Refuge located on Thacher Island near , . It is managed under the .

Lighthouse
The is a lighthouse located on Straitsmouth Island, in . The original tower was built in 1835, and replaced by a second tower in 1896. is situated 2 miles north of Thacher Island.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rockport and Dogtown Commons.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a town of 7,000 people in on Cape Ann. The town, once famous for granite production, got its start as an artist colony in the late 1800s.

Hamlet
Photo: Daderot, Public domain.
Dogtown is an abandoned inland village in on in . is situated 4½ miles west of Thacher Island.

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is a city in . 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, is still a true New England fishing center as immortalized in the movie The Perfect Storm.

Thacher Island

Latitude
42.63745° or 42° 38′ 15″ north
Longitude
-70.57696° or 70° 34′ 37″ west
Elevation
7 feet (2 metres)
Open location code
87JFJCPF+X6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 81681752
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­islet
Geo­Names ID
4952791
Wiki­data ID
Q4467336
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Spanish—“Thacher Island” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Ishulli Thacher”
  • Cebuano: “Thacher Island”
  • Dutch: “Thacher Island”
  • French: “île Thacher”
  • German: “Thacher Island”
  • Japanese: “サッチャー島”
  • Russian: “Тэчер (остров, Массачусетс)”
  • Russian: “Тэчер”
  • Spanish: “Isla Thacher”
  • Spanish: “Isla Tracher”

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Highlights include Carroll’s Campground and Ramp.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Thacher Island”. Photo: Tim Pierce, CC BY-SA 3.0.