Thacher Island
Thacher Island is a nature reserve in Town of Rockport, Essex, Massachusetts. Thacher Island is situated nearby to the hamlet Eden Square, as well as near Lands End.| 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.
Thacher Island National Wildlife Refuge
Nature reserve
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rockport.
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.
Thacher Island
- Type: Nature reserve
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Town of Rockport, Essex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.6364° or 42° 38′ 11″ northLongitude
-70.5771° or 70° 34′ 37″ westOpen location code
87JFJCPF+H5OpenStreetMap ID
way 1337789760OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserve
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