Briar Swamp – Swamp in Essex, Massachusetts

Identifier

GNIS Feature ID 614956

Location

State Massachusetts

County Essex

Feature Class Swamp

Coordinates

DMS

42°39'11"N 70°38'30"W

Decimal Degrees

42.6529363, -70.6417841

Elevation

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USGS 7.5′ Quad Map

Quad Name Gloucester OE N

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Protected Areas

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Nearest Populated Place

Rockport

1.1 mi E

Hydrography

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Description

On Cape Ann 0.7 mi W of Rockport; Town of Rockport.

Nearby Features

Pool Hill Summit · 0.5 mi NE
Loop Pond Lake · 0.5 mi ESE
Great Hill Summit · 0.9 mi SE
Cape Pond Lake · 1.1 mi SSE
Rockport Populated Place · 1.1 mi E
Front Beach Beach · 1.1 mi ENE
Mill Brook Stream · 1.2 mi ENE
Rum Rock Lake Lake · 1.2 mi ESE
Back Harbor Bay · 1.3 mi ENE
Gull Cove Bay · 1.3 mi NE

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.
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