Flax Pond Rest Area

Flax Pond Rest Area is a recreation area in Essex, Massachusetts. Flax Pond Rest Area is situated nearby to All Saints Church, as well as near Floating Bridge Park.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Lynn English High School and Lynn Public Library.

Lynn English High School

School

Lynn English High School is a public high school located at 50 Goodridge Street in the eastern section of Lynn, Massachusetts, United States. It is a part of Lynn Public Schools, and the largest school in the Lynn school system. Lynn English High School is situated 2,500 feet south of Flax Pond Rest Area.

Lynn Public Library

Library

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The Lynn Public Library building is a historic library at Five North Common Street in Lynn, Massachusetts. Although library services were offered in Lynn as early 1815, it was not until a bequest in 1896 that the city began planning a permanent home for the growing collection. Lynn Public Library is situated 1¼ miles south of Flax Pond Rest Area.

Pine Grove Cemetery

Cemetery

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Pine Grove Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery whose main entrance is on Boston Street in Lynn, Massachusetts. It was established in the mid-19th century and it consists of 82 developed acres. Pine Grove Cemetery is situated 1 mile southwest of Flax Pond Rest Area.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lynn and Central Square Historic District.

Lynn

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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.

Central Square Historic District

Neighborhood

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The Central Square Historic District is a historic district encompassing the Central Square area of downtown Lynn, Massachusetts. The area is at the confluence of a number of city streets, and includes buildings that border on Central Avenue, Willow Street, Munroe Street, Lake Street, Almont Street.

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. Swampscott is situated 2 miles southeast of Flax Pond Rest Area.

Flax Pond Rest Area

Type: Recreation area
Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
Location: Essex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.48342° or 42° 29′ 0″ north

Longitude

-70.94708° or 70° 56′ 50″ west

Open location code

87JFF3M3+95

OpenStreetMap ID

way 29690465

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=recreation_ground

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Flax Pond and All Saints Church.

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