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Bailey Reservation

Bailey Reservation from directly overhead

Bailey Reservation is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 30 m. Mills Hill stands 121 m to the south-southwest, 5.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Wheeler Woods, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 10 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.74236, -71.08386

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
  • Wheeler Woods: 0.6 mi
  • Boxford Town Forest: 1.1 mi
  • Settler's Ridge Planned Residential Development: 1.4 mi
  • Carter Fields: 1.5 mi
  • Haverhill Water Supply Land: 1.5 mi
Peaks
  • Bush Hill: 0.7 mi
  • Maiden Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Mount Hayman: 0.8 mi
  • Austin Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Dead Hill: 1.3 mi
Parks
  • Alfred Park: 0.9 mi
  • Haseltine Park: 1.4 mi
  • Wood School Playground: 1.6 mi
  • Bradford Common: 1.8 mi
  • Washington Park: 2.0 mi
Historic sites
  • Barker Barn Foundation: 1.7 mi
  • WW2 Memorial: 2.2 mi
  • Korean War Memorial: 2.4 mi
  • Powder House: 2.5 mi
  • Bulrushes Foundation: 3.3 mi
Museums
Beaches
Gardens
  • Georgetown Community Garden: 3.9 mi
  • Davis Hayfield Pollinator Garden: 6.8 mi
  • Andover Community Garden: 8.4 mi
  • Wildflower Lane Cul de Sac: 8.6 mi
  • The Fruit Trees & Conifers: 8.8 mi
Artworks
  • Bicentennial Statue: 6.8 mi
  • Armillary Sphere: 7.1 mi
  • Anchor: 9.6 mi
  • Pieta: 10.2 mi
  • Sparrows: 11.1 mi
Attractions
  • Kiddie Canoes: 9.0 mi
  • Policy Pond Log Flume: 9.0 mi
  • Mine of Lost Souls: 9.0 mi
  • Gaint Sky Wheel: 9.0 mi
  • Rock Wall: 9.0 mi
Cliffs: 22
Picnic sites: 12
Waterfalls: 10
  • Newbury Falls: 7.9 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 13.4 mi
  • Hampton Falls: 15.9 mi
  • Great Falls: 18.0 mi
  • Lower Falls: 18.0 mi
Rest areas: 8
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 4.4 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 6.7 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 7.0 mi
  • Windham Weigh Station Northbound: 11.8 mi
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 13.9 mi
Springs: 5
  • Lion's Spring: 9.8 mi
  • Rail Spring: 10.7 mi
  • Jailhouse Spring: 18.1 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 20.1 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 21.2 mi
Lighthouses: 2
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.8 miles of Bailey Reservation. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mills HillSSW 195°121 m5.1 mi
Town Farm HillS 180°117 m4.3 mi
Boston HillS 184°117 m6.7 mi
Claypit HillS 188°116 m5.6 mi
Spicket HillWNW 300°112 m6.1 mi
Baldpate HillSE 124°107 m4.2 mi
Osgood HillSSW 207°105 m2.8 mi
Reservoir HillW 277°105 m4.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:1918:57
June solstice05:0719:4420:27
September equinox06:3218:0618:44
December solstice07:1215:2816:14

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262735465665727062514131
Precip in3.53.64.84.34.14.23.63.84.05.33.94.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Haverhill, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1080323689

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