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Breakheart Reservation

Breakheart Reservation from directly overhead

Breakheart Reservation is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 68 m. Cairn Hill stands 92 m to the southwest, 3.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Breakheart Hill, a peak 0.1 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 7.8 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.48458, -71.03024

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Breakheart Hill: 0.1 mi
  • Ash Hill: 0.3 mi
  • Rocky Hill: 0.3 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 0.6 mi
  • Crow Hill: 0.7 mi
Beaches
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Stackpole Field: 1.3 mi
  • Mapleway Playground: 1.5 mi
  • J.J. Round Park: 1.8 mi
  • Hesseltine Park: 1.8 mi
  • Colby Park: 1.8 mi
Gardens
  • Herb Garden: 1.6 mi
  • Malden Youth Community Garden: 4.3 mi
  • Sylvester Baxter Delta: 4.7 mi
  • Anita's Garden: 6.0 mi
  • Winthrop Street Community Garden: 6.4 mi
Attractions
  • Steel Tower: 1.9 mi
  • Lynn Woods Rose Garden: 2.3 mi
  • Echo Rock: 2.3 mi
  • Union Rock: 2.3 mi
  • Dungeon Rock: 2.4 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Museums
Cliffs: 49
Picnic sites: 24
  • Pinetops Picnic Area: 0.5 mi
  • Pine Knoll: 12.7 mi
  • Oak Lea: 12.8 mi
  • Picnic Site 1: 12.9 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 12.9 mi
Lighthouses: 8
Rest areas: 5
  • Commissioners Landing: 9.0 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 19.6 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 21.1 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 22.1 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 23.4 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Cascade Falls: 3.6 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 16.9 mi
  • Newbury Falls: 19.1 mi
  • Rock Falls: 19.7 mi
Springs: 4
  • Quarry Spring: 5.1 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 19.1 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 20.5 mi
  • Rail Spring: 20.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 5.0 miles of Breakheart Reservation. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cairn HillSW 226°92 m3.9 mi
Bear HillWSW 252°91 m4.1 mi
Castle RockWNW 291°87.2 m0.8 mi
Burrill HillE 80°87 m2.3 mi
Winthrop HillWSW 246°84 m4.3 mi
Boojum RockSW 221°83 m4.1 mi
Crow HillWNW 299°82.9 m0.7 mi
Taylor MountainWSW 246°81 m4.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0819:4320:26
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
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, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29819145

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