Bass Rock (Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts)

Bass Rock (Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts)
Map showing the location of Bass Rock (Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts)
Location Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA
Coordinates 42°41′52″N 70°47′01″W / 42.697778°N 70.783611°W / 42.697778; -70.783611Coordinates: 42°41′52″N 70°47′01″W / 42.697778°N 70.783611°W / 42.697778; -70.783611

Bass Rock is a small barren rock between Plum Island Sound and Ipswich Bay, in Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA. The rock is just south of Sandy Point and Sand Point State Reserve on Plum Island and northeast of Little Neck (neighborhood) on Great Neck.

The rock is named for the Striped Bass that frequent the local area from May to October.

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