Black Rock Beach – Beach in Essex, Massachusetts

Identifier

GNIS Feature ID 613302

Location

State Massachusetts

County Essex

Feature Class Beach

Coordinates

DMS

42°25'35"N 70°56'08"W

Decimal Degrees

42.4264859, -70.9356042

Elevation

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USGS 7.5′ Quad Map

Quad Name Lynn

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Protected Areas

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Nearest Populated Place

Little Nahant

0.7 mi NNE

Hydrography

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Description

On E shore of Lynn Harbor 1 mi W of Nahant; Town of Nahant.

Nearby Features

Black Rock Point Cape · 0.2 mi SW
West Cliff Cliff · 0.3 mi SSW
Short Beach Beach · 0.3 mi NNE
Old Harry Rock Island · 0.4 mi SW
Bear Pond (historical) Lake · 0.4 mi SE
Bear Pond Lake · 0.4 mi SE
Lobster Rocks Bar · 0.5 mi W
Pond Beach Beach · 0.5 mi SE
Lewis Cove Bay · 0.6 mi SSE
Black Rock Island · 0.6 mi WNW

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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