Nature reserve · Massachusetts
Alderwood Acres
Alderwood Acres is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 27 m. Holt Hill stands 128 m to the north-northeast, 7.0 miles off. The nearest named place is West St Pond, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 7.8 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
Coordinates42.54332, -71.14416
- 7.8 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 13.9 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 17.4 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
- 23.5 mi off the The Apple Way of Londonderry
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 14 mi
- Wildlife Viewing Platform · 21 mi
- Eagle Rock · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- West St Pond: 0.5 mi
- Ipswich River: 0.7 mi
- Federal Gardens: 0.7 mi
- Ipswich River Conservation Area: 0.7 mi
- Sheehan/Aberjona River: 1.1 mi
Parks
- Town Park: 1.2 mi
- Wilmington Town Common: 1.4 mi
- Swain Green: 1.5 mi
- Rotary Park: 1.5 mi
- Birch Meadow Park: 1.7 mi
Historic sites
- Rotary Park: 1.5 mi
- Baldwin Apple Monument: 1.8 mi
- Shawsheen River Aqueduct: 4.0 mi
- Better Homes and Gardens 1950 Achievement Award: 4.3 mi
- Floral Way: 4.4 mi
Peaks
- Pine Hill: 1.6 mi
- Dobbins Hill: 2.1 mi
- Long Woods Hills: 2.3 mi
- Scotland Hill: 2.5 mi
- Peach Orchard Hill: 2.9 mi
Museums
- Wilmington Town Museum: 2.5 mi
- Burlington Public Museum: 3.8 mi
- Wakefield History Museum: 4.1 mi
- Woburn Municipal Waterworks Museum: 5.5 mi
- Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology: 7.2 mi
Beaches
- Baby Beach: 2.6 mi
- Borggaard Beach: 6.2 mi
- Pearce Lake Beach: 6.6 mi
- Middleton Town Beach: 9.5 mi
- Stevens Pond Beach: 10.2 mi
Artworks
- Baldwin Green: 3.0 mi
- muster: 3.5 mi
- Armillary Sphere: 7.2 mi
- Bicentennial Statue: 7.4 mi
- Buddha Statue: 7.6 mi
Gardens
- Tewksbury Community Garden: 5.5 mi
- Wildflower Meadows: 6.0 mi
- Courtyard: 6.5 mi
- Bedford Garden Club: 7.5 mi
- The Kindness Rocks Project: 7.7 mi
Attractions
- Stone Chimney: 6.7 mi
- Pickerel Rock: 6.9 mi
- 1899 MIT Observatory site: 7.7 mi
- Bowman Tavern: 8.4 mi
- Two Brothers stones for 1638 boundary - Winthrop: 8.4 mi
Cliffs: 47
- Lookout Cliff: 6.6 mi
- Skull Cliff: 7.6 mi
- Crag 1: 7.9 mi
- The Cellar: 8.8 mi
- Bloody Bluff: 9.0 mi
Picnic sites: 23
- Pinetops Picnic Area: 6.7 mi
- Picnic Area: 8.4 mi
- Picnic Table: 8.7 mi
- Picnic Site 1: 11.6 mi
- Picnic Site 2: 11.9 mi
Lighthouses: 8
- Boathouse: 19.7 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 19.7 mi
- Oil Shed: 19.7 mi
- Rainshed: 19.7 mi
- Boston Light: 19.7 mi
Rest areas: 6
- Commissioners Landing: 13.3 mi
- Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 15.2 mi
- Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 18.5 mi
- Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 20.5 mi
- Windham Weigh Station Northbound: 20.7 mi
Springs: 5
- Quarry Spring: 7.7 mi
- Mystery Spring: 13.8 mi
- Rail Spring: 20.3 mi
- Lion's Spring: 23.3 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 23.4 mi
Waterfalls: 4
- Cascade Falls: 7.6 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 9.8 mi
- Newbury Falls: 18.0 mi
- Rock Falls: 24.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Haywardville: 6.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.3 miles of Alderwood Acres. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holt Hill | NNE 16° | 128 m | 7.0 mi |
| Zion Hill | SSW 196° | 107 m | 6.4 mi |
| Mount Pisgah | S 189° | 105 m | 6.8 mi |
| Fox Hill | WNW 288° | 96 m | 5.8 mi |
| Bear Hill | SSE 161° | 91 m | 5.7 mi |
| Greenleaf Mountain | SW 217° | 89 m | 4.4 mi |
| Whispering Hill | SSW 205° | 88 m | 5.4 mi |
| Castle Rock | SE 127° | 87.2 m | 6.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:43 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:07 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:29 | 16:15 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 30 | 37 | 48 | 58 | 67 | 73 | 72 | 64 | 53 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Reading, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29743977
Day trips start here
- Wilmington · 2 mi
- Reading · 3 mi
- North Reading · 4 mi
- Wakefield · 4 mi
- Woburn · 4 mi
- Stoneham · 5 mi
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