Thacher Island National Wildlife Refuge
Thacher Island National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge located on Thacher Island near Rockport, Massachusetts. It is managed under the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Thacher Island and Cape Ann Light.
Thacher Island
Islet
Photo: Tim Pierce, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Thacher Island is a small island off Cape Ann on the Massachusetts coast in the United States. It is a part of the Town of Rockport. It was a place where some naval confrontations, both minor and major, took place, which helped secure a victory for the colonists.
Cape Ann Light
Lighthouse
Photo: Tim Pierce, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Cape Ann Light Station on Thacher Island, off Cape Ann in Rockport, Massachusetts, 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.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rockport and Dogtown Commons.
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.
Dogtown Commons
Hamlet
Photo: Daderot, Public domain.
Dogtown is an abandoned inland village in Gloucester on Cape Ann in Massachusetts.
Gloucester
Gloucester is a city in Massachusetts. 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, Gloucester is still a true New England fishing center as immortalized in the movie The Perfect Storm.
Thacher Island National Wildlife Refuge
- Type: Nature reserve
- Description: protected area in Massachusetts, United States
- Categories: National Wildlife Refuge and recreation area
- Location: Essex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.63894° or 42° 38′ 20″ northLongitude
-70.57527° or 70° 34′ 31″ westElevation
33 feet (10 metres)Open location code
87JFJCQF+HVOpenStreetMap ID
way 1337789759OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserveGeoNames ID
11383237Wikidata ID
Q7708886
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to German—“Thacher Island National Wildlife Refuge” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Thacher Island National Wildlife Refuge”
- French: “refuge faunique national Thacher Island”
- French: “Refuge faunique national Thacher Island”
- German: “Thacher Island National Wildlife Refuge”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Eden Square and Lands End.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Cape Ann Light (Twin Lights) and Carroll’s Campground.
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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 National Wildlife Refuge”. Photo: papadunes, CC BY-SA 3.0.