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".

Bayview Cemetery

Cemetery

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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gloucester and Rockport.

Gloucester

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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.

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
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Latitude

42.6496° or 42° 38′ 59″ north

Longitude

-70.6876° or 70° 41′ 15″ west

Operator

City of Gloucester

Open location code

87JFJ8X6+RX

OpenStreetMap ID

way 29688686

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

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