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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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".
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″ northLongitude
-70.6814° or 70° 40′ 53″ westElevation
7 feet (2 metres)Open location code
87JFM869+RCOpenStreetMap ID
node 9525670819OpenStreetMap feature
natural=capeGeoNames ID
4955629
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