Water Depth
Quarry depth can vary by basin and may hide shelves or debris.

Gloucester, Massachusetts, United States
PERMISSION REQUIRED*
Gloucester Quarries is a quarry water jump spot in Gloucester, Massachusetts. The reported height is about 50 ft, but access and landing conditions must be verified on site.
PERMISSION REQUIRED: confirm legal access, depth, landing clearance, and a safe exit before treating Gloucester Quarries as jumpable.
Overview
Gloucester Quarries is a group of coastal-area quarry-water spots near Quarry Street. Treat this guide as a planning overview, then verify access, water level, landing depth, and exits at the site before considering a jump.
Quick Answer
Gloucester Quarries is a quarry water jump spot in Gloucester, Massachusetts. The reported height is about 50 ft, but access and landing conditions must be verified on site.
Key Takeaway
PERMISSION REQUIRED: confirm legal access, depth, landing clearance, and a safe exit before treating Gloucester Quarries as jumpable.
Quick Answer
Gloucester Quarries is a quarry water jump spot in Gloucester, Massachusetts. The reported height is about 50 ft, but access and landing conditions must be verified on site.
Key Takeaway
PERMISSION REQUIRED: confirm legal access, depth, landing clearance, and a safe exit before treating Gloucester Quarries as jumpable.
Conditions and planning notes
Quarry depth can vary by basin and may hide shelves or debris.
Confirm current quarry access, parking rules, and neighborhood restrictions before visiting.
Use legal footpaths only, respect nearby homes, and scout each quarry separately.
Access restrictions, high quarry walls, submerged debris, and limited exits are the main concerns.
Granite quarry walls can be sharp, vertical, and hard to exit from.
Scout with a partner, avoid jumping alone, and leave if access restrictions, high quarry walls, submerged debris, and limited exits are the main concerns.
Map location
Gloucester, Massachusetts, United States
42.66458, -70.65936
Gloucester Quarries sits around Gloucester, Massachusetts, United States, putting this quarry-water spot in the orbit of Gloucester and the broader Massachusetts area of United States. Use the saved coordinates and current map view as a starting point, then confirm the exact approach locally because cliff-jumping access can change around parks, private land, roads, shorelines, and water-management areas.
Seasonal conditions matter here, especially after storms, drought, high flow, or unusually low water. Conditions are not static: rain, snowmelt, drought, changing water levels, current, and weekend crowding can all change what looks like the same jump from one visit to the next. Treat saved route notes as background, not as a present-day clearance to jump.
The main assumed risks include cold or changing lake levels, submerged shelves, boat traffic, difficult exits, and limited rescue access. Access should be treated as conditional until signs, land ownership, permits, and local rules are confirmed. Before anyone climbs to a ledge, inspect the landing zone from the water, identify the exit, look for submerged rocks or debris, and be willing to walk away if the depth, footing, legality, or rescue options are uncertain.
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