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Alpers' Woods

Alpers' Woods from directly overhead

Alpers' Woods is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 34 m. Holt Hill stands 128 m to the southwest, 5.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Wolf Pit, a historic site 0.4 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 6.9 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
BTA/BOLT (Boxford Trail Association / Boxford Open Land Trust)
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.68876, -71.01460

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Johnson Field: 0.5 mi
  • Hemlock Junction: 1.6 mi
  • Boy Scout Park: 2.4 mi
  • Boy Scout Park: 2.5 mi
  • Harry Murch Park: 2.7 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Shaven Crown Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Baldpate Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Jobs Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Bayns Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Redshanks Hill: 2.0 mi
Gardens
  • Davis Hayfield Pollinator Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Georgetown Community Garden: 2.0 mi
  • Trinity Church Memorial Garden: 4.6 mi
  • The Fruit Trees & Conifers: 7.2 mi
  • The Drought Tolerant Garden: 7.2 mi
Beaches
Museums
Attractions
  • The Rockery: 6.0 mi
  • Corn Maze: 6.3 mi
  • Connors Farm: 6.9 mi
  • Market Square: 11.2 mi
  • Salem Cat Museum: 12.7 mi
Artworks
  • Bicentennial Statue: 6.5 mi
  • Armillary Sphere: 6.7 mi
  • Sparrows: 10.3 mi
  • Clyde: 10.4 mi
  • Eclipse: 10.5 mi
Cliffs: 25
Picnic sites: 21
Lighthouses: 14
Rest areas: 9
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 8.3 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 9.3 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 11.4 mi
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 14.7 mi
  • Seabrook Rest Area: 15.2 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Newbury Falls: 6.1 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 15.0 mi
  • Hampton Falls: 17.0 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 17.1 mi
  • Great Falls: 20.5 mi
Springs: 5
  • Rail Spring: 8.7 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 11.7 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 18.1 mi
  • Jailhouse Spring: 20.8 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 21.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.5 miles of Alpers' Woods. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Holt HillSW 235°128 m5.7 mi
Mills HillWSW 256°121 m5.0 mi
Town Farm HillW 260°117 m3.6 mi
Boston HillSW 233°117 m5.0 mi
Claypit HillWSW 247°116 m4.7 mi
Baldpate HillN 359°107 m1.3 mi
Osgood HillWNW 285°105 m4.9 mi
Bayns HillWNW 282°100 m1.4 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 °F262936475767727163514132
Precip in3.73.64.94.23.84.23.63.44.14.93.94.7

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/988796568

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