Back Harbor – Bay in Essex, Massachusetts

Identifier

GNIS Feature ID 618687

Location

State Massachusetts

County Essex

Feature Class Bay

Coordinates

DMS

42°39'35"N 70°37'08"W

Decimal Degrees

42.6598173, -70.6189327

Elevation

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USGS 7.5′ Quad Map

Quad Name Rockport

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Protected Areas

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Nearest Populated Place

Rockport

0.3 mi SSW

Hydrography

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Description

On Cape Ann in Sandy Bay at Rockport; Town of Rockport.

Nearby Features

Mill Brook Stream · 0.1 mi W
Front Beach Beach · 0.1 mi WSW
Bearskin Neck Cape · 0.3 mi ENE
Rockport Populated Place · 0.3 mi SSW
Sandy Bay Ledge Island · 0.4 mi N
Rowe Point Cape · 0.4 mi NNW
The Headlands Cliff · 0.4 mi E
Gull Cove Bay · 0.5 mi NNW
Dodge Rock Island · 0.5 mi NNE
Bartlett Rock Island · 0.6 mi N

Data Sources & Attribution

Feature data: U.S. Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) – U.S. Geological Survey.
Elevation: USGS Elevation Point Query Service (EPQS).
Topographic basemap: USGS National Map.
Quad map thumbnails: USGS US Topo.
Watershed boundaries: USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset (WBD).
Protected areas: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US) – Gap Analysis Project.
Photos (where shown): Wikidata / Wikimedia Commons – individual licenses apply.
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