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Ipswich Bar

Ipswich Bar from directly overhead

Ipswich Bar is a beach in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Mount Ann stands 78 m to the south-southeast, 6.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Bar Head, a peak 0.4 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 3.2 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.70203, -70.78104

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Bar Head: 0.4 mi
  • Steep Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Plover Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Middle Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Cross Farm Hill: 1.0 mi
Parks
  • Great Neck Park: 0.7 mi
  • Daniel Boone Park: 3.0 mi
  • Sally's Pond: 3.4 mi
  • Giles Firman Park: 3.4 mi
  • Bialek Park: 3.6 mi
Beaches
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Corn Maze: 5.7 mi
  • Whale's Jaw: 7.6 mi
  • 17: 7.7 mi
  • 18: 7.7 mi
  • The Paper House: 7.7 mi
Gardens: 53
  • Rose Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Formal Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Cold Frames: 1.3 mi
  • Bushee Garden: 5.7 mi
  • The Woodland Garden: 7.7 mi
Artworks: 49
  • Fishermen's Wives Memorial: 8.4 mi
  • Sparrows: 8.4 mi
  • Clyde: 8.5 mi
  • Osprey: Pandion Haliaetus: 8.6 mi
  • Eclipse: 8.7 mi
Cliffs: 21
Lighthouses: 14
Picnic sites: 9
  • Pinetops Picnic Area: 19.3 mi
  • Picnic Table: 22.2 mi
  • Stratham Town Landing: 22.5 mi
  • Birthday Bay: 23.1 mi
  • 4H Pavilion: 24.1 mi
Rest areas: 7
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 13.3 mi
  • Seabrook Rest Area: 13.6 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 14.4 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 15.9 mi
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 16.6 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Newbury Falls: 8.2 mi
  • Hampton Falls: 15.1 mi
  • Great Falls: 21.0 mi
  • Lower Falls: 21.1 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 23.2 mi
Springs: 4
  • Rail Spring: 6.3 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 14.1 mi
  • Jailhouse Spring: 21.6 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 24.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.6 miles of Ipswich Bar. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount AnnSSE 158°78 m6.8 mi
Prospect HillW 272°77 m5.6 mi
Turkey HillWSW 252°74 m4.5 mi
Turner HillWSW 246°70 m6.0 mi
Red RockSSE 155°70 m6.5 mi
Blueberry HillWSW 240°64 m7.0 mi
Morse HillS 171°62 m7.0 mi
Bush HillWSW 244°61 m4.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4718:1818:55
June solstice05:0619:4220:25
September equinox06:3118:0518:42
December solstice07:1115:2716:13

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272835455564706962514133
Precip in3.73.64.64.23.54.03.43.43.85.04.04.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Beverly, 8 mi away.

Mean tidal range 8.77 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

NOAA CO-OPS station Plum Island Sound (south end), MA, under a mileaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/549592405

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