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Nancy Merill Trail Memorial

Nancy Merill Trail Memorial from directly overhead

Nancy Merill Trail Memorial is a historic site in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 26 m. Holt Hill stands 128 m to the west, 6.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Lockwood Forest Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 7.0 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Inscription
1998
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.64110, -70.98650

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Peaks
  • Mound Eleanor: 0.5 mi
  • Bald Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Long Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Bare Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Gould Hill: 2.1 mi
Beaches
Attractions: 58
  • The Rockery: 3.4 mi
  • Connors Farm: 3.5 mi
  • Corn Maze: 5.8 mi
  • Salem Cat Museum: 9.1 mi
  • BlackCraft Haunt: 9.5 mi
Parks
  • Boy Scout Park: 1.1 mi
  • Thunder Bridge Park: 1.5 mi
  • Town Common: 1.8 mi
  • Peabody Street Landing: 1.8 mi
  • Emerson Park: 2.0 mi
Artworks: 57
Historic sites: 56
  • Wunnegen Dedication: 0.8 mi
  • Russel Homestead: 1.2 mi
  • Mary A. Herrick Memorial Plaque: 2.6 mi
  • Jacob Perkins Grave: 3.9 mi
  • Wolf Pit: 4.0 mi
Gardens: 55
  • Trinity Church Memorial Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Davis Hayfield Pollinator Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Georgetown Community Garden: 5.5 mi
  • The Fruit Trees & Conifers: 9.0 mi
  • The Drought Tolerant Garden: 9.1 mi
Nature reserves
Cliffs: 36
Picnic sites: 20
Lighthouses: 14
Rest areas: 9
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 11.9 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 12.7 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 14.3 mi
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 17.3 mi
  • Seabrook Rest Area: 17.7 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Newbury Falls: 8.1 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 14.3 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 15.9 mi
  • Hampton Falls: 19.5 mi
  • Great Falls: 23.6 mi
Springs: 5
  • Rail Spring: 10.1 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 14.7 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 15.4 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 22.0 mi
  • Jailhouse Spring: 24.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.0 miles of Nancy Merill Trail Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Holt HillW128 m6.1 mi
Mills HillWNW121 m6.6 mi
Boston HillW117 m5.4 mi
Town Farm HillWNW117 m5.6 mi
Claypit HillWNW116 m5.9 mi
Baldpate HillNNW107 m4.8 mi
Bayns HillNW100 m4.5 mi
Shaven Crown HillNNW98 m4.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0719:4320:26
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:1215:2816:14

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262834465665716962514131
Precip in3.53.34.54.33.74.23.83.33.84.74.04.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Middleton, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/10160698161

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