Wingaersheek Beach
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Wingaersheek Beach is a beach in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 2 m. Mount Ann stands 78 m to the southwest, 3.5 miles off. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 2.4 miles off.
The story
Wingaersheek Beach is a 0.6-mile (0.97 km) long beach located on the Annisquam River in West Gloucester, Massachusetts, United States. According to the USGS the name is a corruption of the earlier Dutch name "Wyngaerts Hoeck", which was derived from "Wyngaerton" (meaning "Vineland"). The name was described by Professor Trumbull as "not Indian" and stated by Professor E. N. Horsford to be "an undoubted corruption of the German (Low Dutch) name, "Wyngaerts Hoeck", which occurs on many maps between 1630 and 1670, especially in Ogilby's "America"." The beach was alternatively called Coffins Beach for Peter Coffin whose farm was located alongside this beach." The popularity of Wingaersheek Beach, as well as the nearby Good Harbor Beach, has resulted in traffic jams in the area. The town of Gloucester forbids dogs entirely from all Gloucester beaches from May 1 to September 30 (from April 1 to September 30 for Good Harbor Beach). Since January 2015, a local law came into place that allows unleashed dogs on Wingaersheek Beach only on odd numbered days and Good Harbor Beach only on even numbered days.
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Wikidata Q8025133, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 2.4 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
- 16.7 mi off the Coastal Byway
- 20.0 mi off the Independence Byway
- 28.7 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Eagle Rock · 2 mi
- Wildlife Viewing Platform · 12 mi
- Skywalk Observatory · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Wingaersheek Beach: 0.2 mi
- Corliss Salt Marsh: 0.4 mi
- Ram Island: 0.5 mi
- Maltz Saltmarsh: 0.7 mi
- Long Wharf Landing: 0.8 mi
- Brown's Field & Apple Street Playground: 1.2 mi
- Plum Cove Landing: 2.0 mi
- Stanwood Point Landing: 2.2 mi
- Oval Playground & Palazola Field: 2.4 mi
- Governor's Park: 2.5 mi
- Coffins Beach: 1.3 mi
- Coffins Beach: 1.8 mi
- Back Beach: 3.2 mi
- Folly Cove Shore Dive Site: 3.3 mi
- Front Beach: 3.3 mi
- Sunset Hill: 1.4 mi
- Ferry Hill: 1.7 mi
- Twopenny Loaf: 1.9 mi
- Tompson Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Wolf Hill: 2.0 mi
- 17: 1.7 mi
- 18: 1.7 mi
- JAS MERRY: 1.7 mi
- 19: 1.7 mi
- FIRST ATTACKED: 1.7 mi
- CAM Green: 2.0 mi
- James A. Babson Museum: 2.5 mi
- Cape Ann Museum: 2.8 mi
- Cape Ann Historical Museum: 2.8 mi
- Sargent House Museum: 2.8 mi
- World War II Memorial: 2.9 mi
- Fishermens' Monument: 2.9 mi
- Ten Pound Island Lighthouse: 2.9 mi
- Coast Guard Aviation Monument: 2.9 mi
- Solomon Jacobs Landing: 3.0 mi
- Cold Frames: 5.2 mi
- Formal Garden: 5.4 mi
- Rose Garden: 5.5 mi
- Bushee Garden: 11.6 mi
- The Woodland Garden: 13.7 mi
- Fishermen's Wives Memorial: 2.9 mi
- Fitz Hugh Lane: 3.0 mi
- Winslow II: 13.1 mi
- Communion with Us: 13.9 mi
- Cat Witch: 13.9 mi
- Stage Head: 3.2 mi
- Brier Neck: 3.6 mi
- Bass Rocks: 3.6 mi
- The Headlands: 3.9 mi
- Coastal Bank Bluff: 5.3 mi
- Ten Pound Island Light: 3.5 mi
- Ramp: 5.5 mi
- Boathouse: 5.6 mi
- Utility Building: 5.6 mi
- Cistern: 5.6 mi
- I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 18.8 mi
- Seabrook Rest Area: 19.0 mi
- Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 20.5 mi
- Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 21.5 mi
- Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Southbound: 21.8 mi
- Newbury Falls: 14.2 mi
- Hampton Falls: 20.2 mi
- Cascade Falls: 24.4 mi
- Dogtown: 1.6 mi
- Haywardville: 24.3 mi
- Rail Spring: 12.3 mi
- Lion's Spring: 20.0 mi
- Pinetops Picnic Area: 20.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Wingaersheek Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Ann | SW 220° | 78 m | 3.5 mi |
| Red Rock | SW 223° | 70 m | 3.2 mi |
| Pool Hill | E 80° | 66 m | 2.6 mi |
| Morse Hill | SW 228° | 62 m | 5.0 mi |
| Pigeon Hill | ENE 62° | 61 m | 3.3 mi |
| Browns Hill | WSW 252° | 61 m | 8.6 mi |
| Bush Hill | W 280° | 61 m | 9.0 mi |
| Long Hill | SSW 213° | 60 m | 5.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:47 | 18:18 | 18:55 |
| June solstice | 05:06 | 19:42 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:31 | 18:05 | 18:42 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 15:27 | 16:13 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 28 | 35 | 45 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 69 | 62 | 51 | 41 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Beverly, 9 mi away.
Mean tidal range 8.81 ft at the nearest NOAA station.
NOAA CO-OPS station Annisquam, Lobster Cove, MA, under a mileaway — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/81522127
Day trips start here
- Gloucester · 3 mi
- Rockport · 3 mi
- Essex · 5 mi
- Manchester · 7 mi
- North Shore · 7 mi
- Hamilton · 8 mi
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