Map | Historic Essex Walking Tour | Essex, Massachusetts

Explore the coastal New England village of Essex, Massachusetts – known for shipbuilding, its estuary and pastoral landscapes, distinctive architecture, antique shops, outdoor recreation, restaurants and its clams.

Free parking is located in the municipal lot off Shepard Drive. Street parking is also available in designated areas of Main Street and Martin Street.

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WALKING TOUR MAP

Enjoy the self-guided tour! Brochures, including this map, are available at the sign at many interpretive signs along the tour including signs #1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 11, 14 and 15. Brochures may also be available at Essex Town Hall and the T.O.H.P. Burnham Public Library at 30 Martin Street (Mon.–Thurs.).

Map of Historic Essex Walking Tour in Essex, Massachusetts

Click a Historic Site below for additional historical information that expands on the walking tour's signs:

1 TOUR OVERVIEW
2 ESSEX TOWN HALL AND T.O.H.P. BURNHAM LIBRARY

3 MEMORIAL PARK

4 FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

5 OLD BURYING GROUND AND HEARSE HOUSE

6 CENTRAL SCHOOLHOUSE, VETERAN'S HALL AND MUSEUM
7 SHIPBUILDING IN ESSEX

8 ESSEX SHIPBUILDING MUSEUM

9 THE ESSEX CAUSEWAY, "GREAT BRIDGE" AND SPAR POND
10 THE ESSEX BRANCH OF THE EASTERN RAILROAD

11 OLD SOUTH ESSEX ENGINE HOUSE

12 ESSEX RIVER AND CLAM FLATS

13 THE GREAT MARSH AND ESTUARY

14 ESSEX ANTIQUE SHOPS
15 BURNHAM'S CORNER

16 METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH

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