Alt Reservation

Alt Reservation is a nature reserve in Essex, Massachusetts. Access is restricted and requires permission. Alt Reservation is situated nearby to the hamlet Wenham Neck, as well as near Centerville.

Places of Interest

Highlights include North Shore Music Theatre and Wenham Lake.

North Shore Music Theatre

Theater building

Photo: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0.

North Shore Music Theatre is one of the largest operating regional theaters in New England. It is located in Beverly, Massachusetts and is a theatre-in-the-round. The theater is owned by Massachusetts businessman Bill Hanney.

Wenham Lake

Reservoir

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Wenham Lake is a 224-acre body of water located in Wenham and Beverly towns, Essex County, Massachusetts.The lake receives water from the water table, a system of streams, the Putnamville Reservoir, and the Ipswich River.

Gordon College

University

Photo: Daderot, CC0.

Gordon College is a private Christian college in Wenham, Massachusetts, United States. The college offers 44 majors, 55 concentrations, and 30 interdisciplinary and pre-professional minors as well as graduate programs in education, music education, public health and leadership.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Beverly and Hamilton.

Beverly

Photo: Fletcher6, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Beverly is a city of 43,000 people in the North Shore region of Massachusetts. Dating back to the 17th century, Beverly has a long maritime history intertwined with resort, residential, and manufacturing roles that have helped defined the city as it is today.

Hamilton

Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Hamilton is a North Shore city in Massachusetts with a population of about 7,500 in 2020. Hamilton is closely tied to its sister town, Wenham, sharing a school system, library, recreation department and commuter rail station.

Danvers

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Danvers is a town in Massachusetts with a population of about 28,000. A large part of the town used to be called "Salem Village" and was where most of the accusers in the 1692 witch hysteria lived. The trials took place in neighboring Salem.

Alt Reservation

Access is restricted and requires permission.
Type: Nature reserve
Category: recreation area
Location: Essex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.5845° or 42° 35′ 4″ north

Longitude

-70.8586° or 70° 51′ 31″ west

Open location code

87JFH4MR+RH

OpenStreetMap ID

way 29690782

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

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