Sandy Point State Reservation
Sandy Point State Reservation is a coastal Massachusetts state park located in the town of Ipswich at the southern tip of Plum Island. The reservation is managed by the Department of Conservation and Recreation and is an important nesting area for the piping plover and the least tern. Access to the reservation is through the adjoining Parker River National Wildlife Refuge.
View south from Sandy Point. Castle Hill, Ipswich, is visible across the bay. The trees are white birch.
Entrance sign in the parking lot beneath Bar Head.
Sailboat beating upwind into the channel in Ipswich Bay. Castle Hill and Crane's Beach are visible in the background. The tide is high. A breaker on Sandy Point is visible in the foreground.
Bar Island seen from Sandy Point at low tide.
Ipswich is a coastal town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 13,785 at the 2020 census. Home to Willowdale State Forest and Sandy Point State Reservation, Ipswich includes the southern part of Plum Island. A residential community with a vibrant tourism industry, the town is famous for its clams, celebrated annually at the Ipswich Chowderfest, and for Crane Beach, a barrier beach near the Crane estate. Ipswich was incorporated as a town in 1634.
John Whipple House, constructed c. 1677
Ipswich Public Library
Ipswich Lace Historical Marker
Town hall
