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Brooks Estate

Brooks Estate from directly overhead

Brooks Estate is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 14 m. Whipple Hill stands 110 m to the west-northwest, 2.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Brooks Estate Carriage House, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 1.4 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.43314, -71.13982

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Thomas Brooks Park: 0.5 mi
  • Honor Roll Park: 0.8 mi
  • Hastings Heights Park: 0.8 mi
  • Dennett Park: 0.8 mi
  • Parallel Park: 0.9 mi
Peaks
Attractions
Artworks
Beaches
Gardens
  • Winthrop Street Community Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Alex's Place: 2.1 mi
  • Tufts Community Garden: 2.2 mi
  • Wildlife Habitat Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Bikeway Community Garden: 2.8 mi
Cliffs: 44
  • Crag 1: 3.2 mi
  • Lookout Cliff: 4.0 mi
  • Bloody Bluff: 6.5 mi
  • Lunch Wall: 7.4 mi
  • Pusherman Wall: 7.6 mi
Picnic sites: 23
  • Picnic Site 1: 6.3 mi
  • Picnic Site 2: 6.6 mi
  • Picnic Site 4: 6.6 mi
  • Picnic Site 3: 6.6 mi
  • Valley Shelter: 6.7 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Waterfalls: 4
  • Cascade Falls: 3.3 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 15.7 mi
  • Rock Falls: 17.6 mi
  • Newbury Falls: 24.4 mi
Springs: 3
  • Quarry Spring: 1.8 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 15.9 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 17.1 mi
Rest areas: 3
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 4.5 miles of Brooks Estate. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Whipple HillWNW 286°110 m2.3 mi
Granny HillWNW 288°108 m4.3 mi
Turkey HillW 268°107 m1.7 mi
Zion HillNW 307°107 m2.5 mi
Mount PisgahNW 304°105 m1.6 mi
Mount IndependenceW 267°101 m3.7 mi
Mount GilboaW 261°95 m2.2 mi
Cairn HillENE 73°92 m2.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:0819:4320:26
September equinox06:3318:0718:44
December solstice07:1115:3016:15

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.

  • Mallard508 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage446 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee446 obs
  • striped wintergreen441 obs
  • mapleleaf viburnum406 obs
  • garlic mustard399 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle394 obs
  • Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth388 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/29836250

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