Wingaersheek Beach
Wingaersheek Beach is a nature reserve in City of Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts. Wingaersheek Beach is situated nearby to the hamlet Annisquam, as well as near Riverdale Station.Places of Interest
Highlights include Annisquam Harbor Light and Wingaersheek Beach.
Annisquam Harbor Light
Lighthouse
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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
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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 Gloucester and Rockport.
Gloucester
Rockport
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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.
Annisquam
Hamlet
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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.
Wingaersheek Beach
- Type: Nature reserve
- Category: recreation area
- Location: City of Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.6496° or 42° 38′ 59″ northLongitude
-70.6876° or 70° 41′ 15″ westOperator
City of GloucesterOpen location code
87JFJ8X6+RXOpenStreetMap ID
way 29688686OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserve
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