Event Submission Deadline: June 20th!

 

Do you want to bring new visitors to your site or build public awareness and audience for your cause, mission and organization? Then host a free, fun Trails & Sails event to give residents and visitors the chance to connect and experience your special place! 

 

The Trails & Sails event submission website is back online and there is still time to plan and submit your event, or become a Trails & Sails event host! The event submission deadline for the printed guide is June 20th. Essex Heritage plans to print and distribute ~5,000 guides, so don't wait! Email or call us at 978-740-0444 to get involved!

A special thanks to Eastern Bank for joining as a Banner Sponsor, to Salem Five for joining as a Lead Sponsor, and to The Provident Bank for joining as a Landmark Sponsor!

Heritage Area Visitor Centers Open

Stop by an Essex Heritage-affiliated visitor center to get the inside scoop on things to see and do locally. Locate the centers by using the byway webpage search feature (check Visitor Centers).

 

Coastal Guide to the North Shore

Developed by the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management (CZM), this online guide provides information on publicly accessible sites ranging from expansive beaches with parking and concession stands to more out-of-the-way areas with scenic vistas.

 

Live Streaming Cameras - Essex and Newburyport

Check out these live cams to see what's happening in an osprey's nest (Essex) and in downtown Newburyport.

 

New Border to Boston Trail Map

Use the new Border to Boston Trail map to explore the rail trail in Salisbury, Newburyport, Topsfield, Wenham, Danvers and Peabody. Essex Heritage has provided technical support to a coalition of communities seeking to expedite development of the 28-mile trail linking nine communities.

 

Bikeable Communities Guide

Essex Heritage staff recently attended a bikeable communities training session presented by the Massachusetts Bicycle Coalition, which produced the guide entitled "Shifting Gears: An Introduction to Better Bicycling for Your Community." Get the guide!

 

Cape Ann Trail Group Launched

A new nonprofit organization, Cape Ann Trail Stewards (CATs), has been founded by citizens of Gloucester, Rockport, Manchester and Essex to help landowners and conservation organizations protect, maintain and expand Cape Ann's trail networks. Learn More.

2013 Salem Maritime Festival

July 15 - 18, 2013

 

There is sill time to register for a Park for Every Classroom -  a free professional development program for K-12 educators of all disciplines at Salem Maritime National Historic Site this summer! 

 

Working with experts from the National Park Service, Salem State University, Salem Sound Coastwatch, KIDS Consortium, Essex National Heritage Commission and other exemplary teachers from the field, teachers will learn how to use our schoolyards, communities, public lands, and other special places as resources to engage students in place-based, service-learning projects that promote stewardship. Learn more and register.

Youth Jobs Program Update

Essex Heritage Staff Update

The Danvers Alarm List Company, the nonprofit steward of the Rebecca Nurse Homestead, recently celebrated the opening of a new permanent exhibit featuring some of the 5,000 artifacts unearthed on the grounds by archaeology field school participants. The artifacts, such as stone points, glassware, buttons, buckles, medicine bottles, nails, ceramics and smoking pipes, will help visitors learn about to the everyday lives of those who inhabited the area from the pre-historic Native American era through the early 20th century.