Sandy Point State Reservation

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.

Photo: Botteville, Public domain.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Grape Island and Crane Beach.

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.

Crane Beach

Beach

Photo: Jrpvaldi, Public domain.

Crane Beach is a 1,234-acre conservation and recreation property located in Ipswich, Massachusetts, immediately north of Cape Ann. It consists of a four-mile-long sandy beachfront, dunes, and a maritime pitch pine forest. Crane Beach is situated 2 miles southeast of Sandy Point State Reservation.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ipswich and Essex.

Ipswich

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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.

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.

Rowley

Town

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. Rowley is situated 5 miles west of Sandy Point State Reservation.

Sandy Point State Reservation

Type: Protected area
Description: state reserve in Massachusetts
Category: recreation area
Location: Essex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.70416° or 42° 42′ 15″ north

Longitude

-70.77844° or 70° 46′ 42″ west

Open location code

87JFP63C+MJ

OpenStreetMap ID

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=recreation_ground

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