Nature reserve · Massachusetts
Breakheart Reservation
Breakheart Reservation is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 40 m. Cairn Hill stands 92 m to the southwest, 4.5 miles off. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 8.2 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
Coordinates42.49883, -71.03715
- 8.2 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 10.4 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 15.4 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
- 28.1 mi off the Coastal Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 11 mi
- Eagle Rock · 19 mi
- Wildlife Viewing Platform · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Breakheart Reservation: 0.2 mi
- Breakheart Reservation: 0.3 mi
- Breakheart Reservation: 0.8 mi
- Breakheart Reservation: 0.9 mi
- Curley Property: 0.9 mi
Peaks
- Castle Hill: 0.3 mi
- Eagle Rock: 0.6 mi
- Crow Hill: 0.7 mi
- Castle Rock: 0.8 mi
- Breakheart Hill: 1.1 mi
Beaches
- Pearce Lake Beach: 0.5 mi
- Revere Beach: 5.8 mi
- Lynn Beach: 6.0 mi
- Borggaard Beach: 6.2 mi
- Kings Beach: 6.3 mi
Parks
- Market Square: 1.1 mi
- The Green: 1.2 mi
- Sullivan Memorial Park: 1.2 mi
- Paddy Heights Veterans Memorial Park: 1.3 mi
- Nasella Field: 1.3 mi
Historic sites
- Paddy Heights Veterans Memorial: 1.3 mi
- Floral Way: 2.0 mi
- Better Homes and Gardens 1950 Achievement Award: 2.1 mi
- Honor Roll of World War II, Korean and Vietnam Wars: 3.2 mi
- Major Doak A. Weston USAAF: 3.3 mi
Museums
- Wakefield History Museum: 2.4 mi
- G.A.R. Hall and Museum of Lynn, MA: 5.2 mi
- Lynn Museum & Arts Center: 5.4 mi
- Rebecca Nurse Homestead: 6.0 mi
- Mary Baker Eddy Historic House: 6.2 mi
Attractions
- Steel Tower: 2.4 mi
- Echo Rock: 2.6 mi
- Union Rock: 2.9 mi
- Dungeon Rock: 2.9 mi
- Lynn Woods Rose Garden: 3.0 mi
Gardens
- Herb Garden: 2.5 mi
- Malden Youth Community Garden: 5.1 mi
- Sylvester Baxter Delta: 5.3 mi
- Community Gardens: 6.1 mi
- Winthrop Street Community Garden: 6.9 mi
Artworks
- Orange Dinosaur: 3.2 mi
- Rock spiral: 5.8 mi
- Baldwin Green: 6.2 mi
- Mystic Musical Fence: 7.2 mi
- Viking Statue: 7.3 mi
Cliffs: 49
- Skull Cliff: 1.9 mi
- The Cellar: 2.6 mi
- Lookout Cliff: 3.0 mi
- Always Sunny Wall: 3.1 mi
- Crag 1: 4.6 mi
Picnic sites: 24
- Pinetops Picnic Area: 0.6 mi
- Picnic Site 1: 13.0 mi
- Picnic Site 2: 13.4 mi
- Picnic Site 3: 13.4 mi
- Picnic Site 4: 13.4 mi
Lighthouses: 8
- Boathouse: 13.9 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 13.9 mi
- Rainshed: 14.0 mi
- Oil Shed: 14.0 mi
- Boston Light: 14.0 mi
Springs: 5
- Quarry Spring: 5.6 mi
- Mystery Spring: 19.8 mi
- Rail Spring: 19.9 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 20.1 mi
- Lion's Spring: 24.8 mi
Rest areas: 5
- Commissioners Landing: 9.9 mi
- Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 20.0 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 20.4 mi
- Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 21.1 mi
- Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 22.5 mi
Waterfalls: 4
- Cascade Falls: 4.2 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 16.0 mi
- Newbury Falls: 18.2 mi
- Rock Falls: 20.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2
- Haywardville: 3.7 mi
- Dogtown: 21.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 5.1 miles of Breakheart Reservation. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cairn Hill | SW 214° | 92 m | 4.5 mi |
| Bear Hill | WSW 238° | 91 m | 4.2 mi |
| Castle Rock | SSW 207° | 87.2 m | 0.8 mi |
| Burrill Hill | ESE 103° | 87 m | 2.7 mi |
| Winthrop Hill | SW 233° | 84 m | 4.5 mi |
| Boojum Rock | SSW 210° | 83 m | 4.7 mi |
| Crow Hill | SSW 201° | 82.9 m | 0.7 mi |
| Taylor Mountain | SW 233° | 81 m | 4.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:48 | 18:19 | 18:56 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:43 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:06 | 18:43 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 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, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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