Briar Swamp

Briar Swamp is in Essex, Massachusetts. Briar Swamp is situated nearby to the neighborhood Bearskin Neck, as well as near the hamlet Bay View.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rockport Public Library and Rockport station.

Rockport station

Railway station

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

Granite Keystone Bridge

Bridge

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The Granite Keystone Bridge is a historic bridge that carries Granite Street over the former railroad that transported granite from Pigeon Hill to Granite Pier in Rockport, Massachusetts.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rockport and Gloucester.

Rockport

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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 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

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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.

Briar Swamp

Type: Wetland
Category: body of water
Location: Essex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.6534° or 42° 39′ 12″ north

Longitude

-70.6413° or 70° 38′ 29″ west

Open location code

87JFM935+8F

OpenStreetMap ID

way 81606079

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wetland

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