Ipswitch Great Flats
Ipswitch Great Flats is in Essex, Massachusetts. Ipswitch Great Flats is situated nearby to the hamlet Hog Islands, as well as near the locality Bass Rock.Places of Interest
Highlights include Holy Island and Grape Island.
Holy Island
Island
Holy Island is a marshy island located off the northeast coast of Massachusetts, north of Cape Ann. The island is situated immediately west of Plum Island and is part of the Town of Ipswich in Essex County.
Grape Island
Island
Grape Island, sometimes known as Grape Island, Ipswich, is a part of Plum Island, in Ipswich, Massachusetts, in the United States. For nearly two centuries, Grape Island was a small, but thriving community of fishermen, farmers, and clam diggers, until the land was purchased by the US Government and turned into a wildlife refuge in the middle of the 20th century.
Sandy Point State Reservation
Protected area
Photo: Botteville, Public domain.
Sandy Point State Reservation is a coastal Massachusetts state park located in the town of Ipswich at the southern tip of Plum Island. The reservation is managed by the Department of Conservation and Recreation and is an important nesting area for the piping plover and the least tern.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ipswich and Newbury Old Town.
Ipswich
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Ipswich is a seaside town of 14,000 people in Massachusetts. Home to Willowdale State Forest and Sandy Point State Reservation, Ipswich includes the southern part of Plum Island.
Newbury Old Town
Village
Rowley
Town
Ipswich is a seaside town of 14,000 people in Massachusetts. Home to Willowdale State Forest and Sandy Point State Reservation, Ipswich includes the southern part of Plum Island.
Ipswitch Great Flats
- Type: Wetland
- Category: body of water
- Location: Essex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.7198° or 42° 43′ 11″ northLongitude
-70.8078° or 70° 48′ 28″ westOpen location code
87JFP59R+WVOpenStreetMap ID
way 1007432071OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wetland
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