Nahant Thicket Wildlife Sanctuary

Nahant Thicket Wildlife Sanctuary is a nature reserve in Town of Nahant, Essex, Massachusetts. Nahant Thicket Wildlife Sanctuary is situated nearby to the locality Stony Beach, as well as near East Point Solar Observatory.

Opening hours: sunrise—sunset
Type: Nature reserve
Description: Protected landscape in Massachusetts
Also known as: “Nahant Thicket Wildlife Sancuary”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Castle Rock and Elephant Rock.

Castle Rock

Islet

Photo: Alfred Thompson Bricher, Public domain.

Castle Rock is a barren, uninhabited island located in Nahant Bay in Nahant, Massachusetts.

Elephant Rock

Islet

Photo: natematias, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Egg Rock in Nahant Bay near Nahant, Massachusetts is a small island at. It was formerly the site of a lighthouse known as Egg Rock Light but now is owned by the state of Massachusetts as a bird sanctuary.

Greenlawn Cemetery

Cemetery

Photo: Faolin42, CC BY 3.0.

Greenlawn Cemetery is a historic cemetery at 195 Nahant Road in Nahant, Massachusetts. Development of the 5.7-acre cemetery was one of the first civic projects of the town of Nahant after its separation from adjacent Lynn in 1853.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nahant and Lynn.

Nahant

Photo: Pi.1415926535, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Nahant is a small town in the US state of Massachusetts with a population of about 3,000. It used to be a resort town, but changes in vacation preference and modes of travel left the town behind.

Lynn

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.

Lynn is the eighth-largest municipality in Massachusetts, United States, and the largest city in Essex County. Situated on the Atlantic Ocean, 3.7 miles north of the Boston city line at Suffolk Downs, Lynn is part of Greater Boston's urban inner core and is a major economic and cultural center of the North Shore.

Swampscott

Town

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Swampscott is a town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States, located 15 miles up the coast from Boston in an area known as the North Shore. The population was 15,111 as of the 2020 United States census.