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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

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.64110, -70.98650

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
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
Historic sites
  • 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
Parks
  • Boy Scout Park: 1.1 mi
  • Boy Scout Park: 1.2 mi
  • Thunder Bridge Park: 1.5 mi
  • Town Common: 1.8 mi
  • Peabody Street Landing: 1.8 mi
Gardens
  • Trinity Church Memorial Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Davis Hayfield Pollinator Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Community Gardens: 5.0 mi
  • Georgetown Community Garden: 5.5 mi
  • The Fruit Trees & Conifers: 9.0 mi
Beaches
Attractions
  • 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
Museums
Artworks
Cliffs: 36
Picnic sites: 22
Lighthouses: 20
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 6.8 miles of Nancy Merill Trail Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Holt HillW 270°128 m6.1 mi
Mills HillWNW 288°121 m6.6 mi
Boston HillW 274°117 m5.4 mi
Town Farm HillWNW 298°117 m5.6 mi
Claypit HillWNW 284°116 m5.9 mi
Baldpate HillNNW 343°107 m4.8 mi
Bayns HillNW 322°100 m4.5 mi
Shaven Crown HillNNW 333°98 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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