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Virginia Wood

Virginia Wood from directly overhead

Virginia Wood is a historic site in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 51 m. Mount Pisgah stands 105 m to the west-southwest, 4.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Wamoset Hill, a peak 0.2 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 4.4 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Material
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Inscription
Virginia Wood given into the keeping of the Trustees of Public Reservations by Fanny Foster Tudor in memory of her daughter Virginia Tudor 1894
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.45737, -71.08742

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Attractions
  • Stone Chimney: 0.2 mi
  • Pickerel Rock: 0.9 mi
  • 1899 MIT Observatory site: 1.1 mi
  • Hikmat home: 3.8 mi
  • Central Street Historical District: 4.5 mi
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Whip Hill Park: 0.6 mi
  • Gooch Park: 0.8 mi
  • Bowden Park: 0.9 mi
  • Lincoln Park: 0.9 mi
  • Holy Child Park: 1.0 mi
Historic sites
  • Honor Roll of World War II, Korean and Vietnam Wars: 1.2 mi
  • Silver mine: 1.4 mi
  • Firefighter Memorial: 1.8 mi
  • Nicholas L. Delano Memorial Fountain: 2.2 mi
  • The First Church in Malden: 2.2 mi
Gardens
  • Sylvester Baxter Delta: 1.9 mi
  • Malden Youth Community Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Winthrop Street Community Garden: 3.1 mi
  • Alex's Place: 3.9 mi
  • Herb Garden: 4.1 mi
Artworks
  • Rock spiral: 1.9 mi
  • Orange Dinosaur: 3.3 mi
  • Jumbo Statue: 3.8 mi
  • The Cannon: 3.8 mi
  • Mystic Musical Fence: 3.9 mi
Beaches
Museums
Cliffs: 46
Picnic sites: 24
  • Pinetops Picnic Area: 3.7 mi
  • Picnic Site 1: 9.4 mi
  • Picnic Site 2: 9.7 mi
  • Picnic Site 4: 9.7 mi
  • Picnic Site 3: 9.7 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Waterfalls: 4
  • Cascade Falls: 1.0 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 16.0 mi
  • Rock Falls: 18.3 mi
  • Newbury Falls: 21.8 mi
Springs: 4
  • Quarry Spring: 1.7 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 17.2 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 18.5 mi
  • Rail Spring: 23.6 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Commissioners Landing: 6.9 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 17.0 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 21.7 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 24.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 4.5 miles of Virginia Wood. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount PisgahWSW 258°105 m4.0 mi
Cairn HillS 175°92 m0.8 mi
Bear HillWNW 300°91 m1.2 mi
Castle RockNE 46°87.2 m3.1 mi
Horn Pond MountainW 273°86 m3.6 mi
Winthrop HillW 280°84 m1.0 mi
Boojum RockS 171°83 m1.2 mi
Crow HillNE 46°82.9 m3.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:0819:4320:26
September equinox06:3218:0618:44
December solstice07:1115:2916:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283037485867737264534334
Precip in3.93.64.94.33.84.24.03.53.94.84.05.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Reading, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/8542823479

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