Wingaersheek Uplands
Wingaersheek Uplands is a nature reserve in Essex, Massachusetts. Wingaersheek Uplands is situated nearby to the hamlet Annisquam, as well as near Riverdale Station.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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 Essex.
Gloucester
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.
Essex
Photo: GMushinsky, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Essex is a town in on Cape Ann in the North Shore region of Massachusetts. Settled by direct descendants of the Mayflower passengers in the early 1600s, it was later world-renowned as North America's fishing schooner construction center.
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 Uplands
- Type: Nature reserve
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Essex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.6575° or 42° 39′ 27″ northLongitude
-70.7102° or 70° 42′ 37″ westOperator
Essex County GreenbeltOpen location code
87JFM74Q+XWOpenStreetMap ID
way 29691413OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserve
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