GloucesterMassachusetts
Gloucester is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. It sits on Cape Ann and is a part of Massachusetts's North Shore.
Intro: Wikipedia
About Gloucester
Gloucester, MA is a thriving city located in northeastern Massachusetts counting 30,491 people who proudly call it home.
Gloucester holds the status of an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 26.19 square miles, giving it a balanced suburban layout with room to breathe at roughly 1,164 residents per square mile.
📰 Gloucester News Today
Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.
What Makes Gloucester Unique
- Positioned in northeastern Massachusetts, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
- Part of the fabric of Massachusetts — one of 248 recognized communities statewide.
Why People Love It Here
- Big enough for services and schools, small enough to feel like home.
- Local businesses and schools anchored by a stable resident base of 30,491.
- Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 8 miles.
📍 Neighborhoods in Gloucester
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🍽️ Where to Eat in Gloucester
Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · click a restaurant to read or write reviews.
🎡 Fun Things to Do
- Cape Ann Historical Museum · Museum
- Cape Ann Museum · Museum
- Hammond Castle Museum · Museum
- Maritime Gloucester · Museum
- Sargent House Museum · Museum
- 17 · Attraction
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- 7 Seas Whale Watch · Attraction
Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Gloucester
- Eastern Point Wildlife Sanctuary · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Annisquam Woods · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Atwater Reservation · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Bond Hill Reservoir Water Supply Land · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Boynton Island & Causeway · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Brisson Salt Marsh · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Brown's Field & Apple Street Playground reviews ★
- Burke Playground & Field reviews ★
- Burnham's Field & Playground reviews ★
- Cape Ann Historical Museum Courtyard reviews ★
- Cape Ann Historical Museum Sculpture Park reviews ★
- Captain Solomon Jacobs Park reviews ★
Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.
🏫 Schools in Gloucester
- Beeman Memorial
- East Gloucester Elementary
- East Veterans Elementary School
- Gloucester High
- Gloucester PreSchool
- Plum Cove School
- Ralph B O'Maley Middle
- Veterans Memorial
- West Parish
Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.