Norton Memorial Forest

Norton Memorial Forest is a nature reserve in Essex, Massachusetts. Norton Memorial Forest is situated nearby to the hamlet Bay View, as well as near Annisquam.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Annisquam Harbor Light and Rockport station.

Annisquam Harbor Light

Lighthouse

Photo: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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.

Rockport station

Railway station

Photo: Pi.1415926535, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Rockport station is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in Rockport, Massachusetts. It is the terminus of the Rockport branch of the Newburyport/Rockport Line.

Wingaersheek Beach

Beach

Photo: Gabrielm199, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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 Rockport and Gloucester.

Rockport

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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.

Gloucester

Photo: dbking, CC BY 2.0.

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.

Annisquam

Hamlet

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

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.

Norton Memorial Forest

Type: Nature reserve
Categories: forest and recreation area
Location: Essex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.6593° or 42° 39′ 33″ north

Longitude

-70.6542° or 70° 39′ 15″ west

Operator

New England Forestry Foundation

Open location code

87JFM85W+P8

OpenStreetMap ID

way 29693084

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=forest

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

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