Whales Beach

Whales Beach is a beach in Town of Swampscott, Essex, Massachusetts. Whales Beach is situated nearby to the hamlet Phillips Point, as well as near the town Swampscott.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Swampscott Town Hall and Swampscott Fish House.

Swampscott Town Hall

Town hall

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Swampscott Town Hall, previously the Elihu Thomson House, is a historic building in Swampscott, Massachusetts. The house was designed by architect James T.

Swampscott Fish House

Building

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Swampscott Fish House is a historic fishing supply storage house off Humphrey Street on Fisherman's Beach in Swampscott, Massachusetts. It is the oldest active fish house in the country.

Swampscott station

Railway station

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Swampscott station is a historic railroad station in Swampscott, Massachusetts. Located in the southwest portion of Swampscott near the Lynn border, it serves the MBTA Commuter Rail Newburyport/Rockport Line.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Swampscott and Clifton.

Swampscott

Town

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Swampscott is a town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States, located 15 miles up the coast from Boston in an area known as the North Shore. The population was 15,111 as of the 2020 United States census.

Clifton

Hamlet

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Clifton was a street car stop within the towns of Swampscott and Marblehead in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. It includes Clifton Avenue. The area was named by Benjamin Ware, a hotelier who developed Clifton with the intention of creating a resort area. Clifton is situated 2 miles northeast of Whales Beach.

Central Square Historic District

Neighborhood

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The Central Square Historic District is a historic district encompassing the Central Square area of downtown Lynn, Massachusetts. The area is at the confluence of a number of city streets, and includes buildings that border on Central Avenue, Willow Street, Munroe Street, Lake Street, Almont Street. Central Square Historic District is situated 2 miles west of Whales Beach.

Whales Beach

Type: Beach
Description: beach in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
Category: landform
Location: Town of Swampscott, Essex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.46363° or 42° 27′ 49″ north

Longitude

-70.90531° or 70° 54′ 19″ west

Elevation

7 feet (2 metres)

Open location code

87JFF37V+FV

OpenStreetMap ID

node 12379118857

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=beach

GeoNames ID

4955368

Wikidata ID

Q49325274

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In Other Languages

“Whales Beach” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Whales Beach”

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