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Caldwell Farm Open Space

Caldwell Farm Open Space from directly overhead

Caldwell Farm Open Space is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Baldpate Hill stands 107 m to the west-southwest, 5.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Joseph Moody Meadow, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 2.7 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
2005-03-25
Visiting

What to expect

Access
restricted
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.74785, -70.91391

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Central Street Recreation & Natural Resource Area: 0.5 mi
  • Eiras Park: 2.8 mi
  • Town Common: 2.9 mi
  • Lower Green: 3.6 mi
  • American Legion Park: 4.2 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
  • Blue Hill: 0.7 mi
  • Skunk Hill: 0.7 mi
  • Sunset Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Longfellow Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Ox Pasture Hill: 1.8 mi
Gardens
  • The Fruit Trees & Conifers: 0.8 mi
  • The Drought Tolerant Garden: 0.8 mi
  • The Woodland Garden: 0.9 mi
  • The Gentian Garden: 0.9 mi
  • The Vegetable, Fruit & Herb Garden: 0.9 mi
Museums
Attractions
Beaches
  • Hood Pond Community Beach: 5.9 mi
  • The Knobbs: 6.0 mi
  • Clark Beach: 6.7 mi
  • Plum Island Beach: 6.8 mi
  • Plum Island Beach: 7.0 mi
Artworks: 58
  • Sparrows: 4.1 mi
  • Clyde: 4.2 mi
  • Eclipse: 4.3 mi
  • Torrential Flight: 4.4 mi
  • Will He.: 4.5 mi
Cliffs: 21
  • Great Neck: 6.2 mi
  • Wildcat Ledge: 7.3 mi
  • Bar Head Cliff: 7.8 mi
  • Coastal Bank Bluff: 8.1 mi
  • Sheep's Rock: 8.6 mi
Lighthouses: 17
Waterfalls: 10
  • Newbury Falls: 0.8 mi
  • Hampton Falls: 11.4 mi
  • Great Falls: 16.2 mi
  • Lower Falls: 16.3 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 21.2 mi
Picnic sites: 10
Rest areas: 8
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 7.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 8.4 mi
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 9.2 mi
  • Seabrook Rest Area: 9.6 mi
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 13.2 mi
Springs: 4
  • Rail Spring: 2.2 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 7.8 mi
  • Jailhouse Spring: 16.7 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 23.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.1 miles of Caldwell Farm Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Baldpate HillWSW 242°107 m5.8 mi
Shaven Crown HillWSW 242°98 m6.6 mi
Littles HillWSW 243°79 m4.9 mi
Brake HillWNW 295°78.64 m5.1 mi
Prospect HillSSE 159°77 m3.2 mi
Crow HillWNW 292°76.81 m5.0 mi
Great HillSSW 191°75 m7.1 mi
Archelaus HillNW 324°74 m4.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0619:4320:26
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:1215:2716:13

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262936475767727163514132
Precip in3.73.64.94.23.84.23.63.44.14.93.94.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Groveland, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29696771

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