Nature reserve · Massachusetts
Butters Row
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Butters Row is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 24 m. Whipple Hill stands 110 m to the south, 6.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 6.8 miles off.
How to reach it
Coordinates42.53443, -71.16539
- 6.8 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 13.7 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 18.7 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
- 23.6 mi off the The Apple Way of Londonderry
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 14 mi
- Wildlife Viewing Platform · 23 mi
- Eagle Rock · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Town Park: 0.2 mi
- Rotary Park: 1.1 mi
- Swain Green: 1.5 mi
- Wilmington Town Common: 1.5 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 1.9 mi
Artworks
- Baldwin Green: 2.3 mi
- muster: 3.4 mi
- Buddha Statue: 6.3 mi
- The Patriot: 6.4 mi
- Dance Rhythm: 6.6 mi
Museums
- Burlington Public Museum: 2.6 mi
- Wilmington Town Museum: 3.2 mi
- Wakefield History Museum: 4.7 mi
- Woburn Municipal Waterworks Museum: 4.9 mi
- Job Lane Farm Museum: 6.2 mi
Attractions
- Stone Chimney: 6.8 mi
- Pickerel Rock: 6.8 mi
- Two Brothers stones for 1638 boundary - Winthrop: 7.3 mi
- Two Brothers stones for 1638 boundary - Dudley: 7.3 mi
- Bowman Tavern: 7.5 mi
Beaches
- Baby Beach: 2.4 mi
- Borggaard Beach: 5.7 mi
- Pearce Lake Beach: 7.2 mi
- Middleton Town Beach: 10.8 mi
- Stevens Pond Beach: 11.1 mi
Historic sites
- Baldwin Apple Monument: 0.6 mi
- Rotary Park: 1.1 mi
- Shawsheen River Aqueduct: 3.4 mi
- Woburn Honor Roll: 3.8 mi
- Woburn Moose Memorial: 4.2 mi
Peaks
- Pine Hill: 1.7 mi
- Wood Hill: 1.7 mi
- Peach Orchard Hill: 1.9 mi
- Dobbins Hill: 2.4 mi
- Long Woods Hills: 2.8 mi
Nature reserves
- Green Meadow: 0.8 mi
- Kylie Estates Open Space: 0.9 mi
- Murray Hill Open Space: 0.9 mi
- Sawmill Brook Conservation Area: 1.2 mi
- Alderwood Acres: 1.2 mi
Gardens: 54
- Courtyard: 5.3 mi
- Tewksbury Community Garden: 5.4 mi
- Wildflower Meadows: 5.8 mi
- Bedford Garden Club: 6.3 mi
- The Kindness Rocks Project: 6.5 mi
Cliffs: 46
- Lookout Cliff: 6.8 mi
- Bloody Bluff: 7.9 mi
- Crag 1: 7.9 mi
- Skull Cliff: 8.5 mi
- The Cellar: 9.6 mi
Picnic sites: 21
- Pinetops Picnic Area: 7.4 mi
- Picnic Site 1: 10.5 mi
- Picnic Site 2: 10.9 mi
- Picnic Site 3: 10.9 mi
- Picnic Site 4: 11.0 mi
Rest areas: 6
- Commissioners Landing: 13.0 mi
- Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 15.5 mi
- Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 19.3 mi
- Windham Weigh Station Northbound: 20.9 mi
- Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 21.4 mi
Lighthouses: 6
- Boathouse: 20.0 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 20.0 mi
- Oil Shed: 20.0 mi
- Rainshed: 20.0 mi
- Boston Light: 20.0 mi
Springs: 5
- Quarry Spring: 7.5 mi
- Mystery Spring: 12.9 mi
- Rail Spring: 21.5 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 23.1 mi
- Lion's Spring: 24.3 mi
Waterfalls: 4
- Cascade Falls: 7.6 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 9.4 mi
- Newbury Falls: 19.1 mi
- Rock Falls: 24.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Haywardville: 6.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.2 miles of Butters Row. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whipple Hill | S 188° | 110 m | 6.4 mi |
| Granny Hill | SSW 206° | 108 m | 6.3 mi |
| Zion Hill | S 187° | 107 m | 5.5 mi |
| Turkey Hill | S 183° | 107 m | 7.1 mi |
| Mount Pisgah | S 180° | 105 m | 6.1 mi |
| Robinson Hill | SW 215° | 102 m | 6.8 mi |
| Fox Hill | WNW 299° | 96 m | 5.0 mi |
| Greenleaf Mountain | SSW 208° | 89 m | 3.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:43 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:07 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 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, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29860456
Day trips start here
- Wilmington · 1 mi
- Reading · 4 mi
- Woburn · 4 mi
- North Reading · 5 mi
- Stoneham · 5 mi
- Wakefield · 5 mi
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