Wigwam Point

Wigwam Point is a cape in Essex, Massachusetts. Wigwam Point is situated nearby to the hamlet Annisquam, as well as near Bay View.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Annisquam Harbor Light and Wingaersheek Beach.

Annisquam Harbor Light

Lighthouse

Photo: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Annisquam Harbor Light Station is a historic lighthouse located on Wigwam Point in the Annisquam neighborhood of Gloucester, Massachusetts. It can be viewed from nearby Wingaersheek Beach, Gloucester.

Wingaersheek Beach

Beach

Photo: Gabrielm199, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wingaersheek Beach is a 0.6-mile long beach located on the Annisquam River in West Gloucester, Massachusetts, United States. According to the USGS the name is a corruption of the earlier Dutch name "Wyngaerts Hoeck", which was derived from "Wyngaerton".

Bayview Cemetery

Cemetery

Photo: Faolin42, CC BY 3.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Annisquam and Dogtown Commons.

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.

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.

Wigwam Point

Type: Cape
Category: landform
Location: Essex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.66206° or 42° 39′ 43″ north

Longitude

-70.6814° or 70° 40′ 53″ west

Elevation

7 feet (2 metres)

Open location code

87JFM869+RC

OpenStreetMap ID

node 9525670819

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=cape

GeoNames ID

4955629

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