Great Neck Conservation Area
Great Neck Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Town of Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts. Great Neck Conservation Area is situated nearby to the locality Bass Rock, as well as near Old Crane Cranberry Bog.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sandy Point State Reservation and Grape Island.
Sandy Point State Reservation
Protected area
Photo: Botteville, Public domain.
Sandy Point State Reservation is a coastal Massachusetts state park located in the town of Ipswich at the southern tip of Plum Island. The reservation is managed by the Department of Conservation and Recreation and is an important nesting area for the piping plover and the least tern.
Grape Island
Island
Grape Island, sometimes known as Grape Island, Ipswich, is a part of Plum Island, in Ipswich, Massachusetts, in the United States. For nearly two centuries, Grape Island was a small, but thriving community of fishermen, farmers, and clam diggers, until the land was purchased by the US Government and turned into a wildlife refuge in the middle of the 20th century.
Holy Island
Island
Holy Island is a marshy island located off the northeast coast of Massachusetts, north of Cape Ann. The island is situated immediately west of Plum Island and is part of the Town of Ipswich in Essex County.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ipswich.
Ipswich
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Ipswich is a seaside town of 14,000 people in Massachusetts. Home to Willowdale State Forest and Sandy Point State Reservation, Ipswich includes the southern part of Plum Island.
Great Neck Conservation Area
- Type: Nature reserve
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Town of Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.7004° or 42° 42′ 1″ northLongitude
-70.7987° or 70° 47′ 55″ westInception
January 31st, 2007Open location code
87JFP622+4GOpenStreetMap ID
way 29694997OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserve
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Localities in the Area
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