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Chaplin Fish Brook

Chaplin Fish Brook from directly overhead

Chaplin Fish Brook is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 34 m. Holt Hill stands 128 m to the west-southwest, 4.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Jobs Hill, a peak 0.4 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 8.2 miles off.

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What to expect

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Getting there

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Coordinates42.67107, -71.03545

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Jobs Hill: 0.4 mi
  • Bayns Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Bruin Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Wood Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Shaven Crown Hill: 2.2 mi
Nature reserves
Gardens
  • Davis Hayfield Pollinator Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Georgetown Community Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Trinity Church Memorial Garden: 4.4 mi
  • Community Gardens: 7.8 mi
  • Andover Community Garden: 8.7 mi
Historic sites
Parks
  • Johnson Field: 2.0 mi
  • Boy Scout Park: 2.3 mi
  • Boy Scout Park: 2.3 mi
  • Hemlock Junction: 2.7 mi
  • Sharpners Pond Park: 3.2 mi
Beaches
Museums
Artworks
  • Bicentennial Statue: 5.1 mi
  • Armillary Sphere: 5.2 mi
  • muster: 10.2 mi
  • Pieta: 10.9 mi
  • Sparrows: 12.0 mi
Attractions
  • The Rockery: 6.3 mi
  • Connors Farm: 6.7 mi
  • Corn Maze: 7.4 mi
  • Salem Cat Museum: 12.1 mi
  • Echo Rock: 12.5 mi
Cliffs: 30
Picnic sites: 20
Lighthouses: 20
Rest areas: 9
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 9.3 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 10.6 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 11.1 mi
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 16.3 mi
  • Windham Weigh Station Northbound: 16.6 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Newbury Falls: 7.7 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 13.7 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 15.7 mi
  • Hampton Falls: 18.5 mi
  • Great Falls: 21.9 mi
Springs: 5
  • Rail Spring: 10.2 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 13.1 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 16.6 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 20.1 mi
  • Jailhouse Spring: 22.2 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.3 miles of Chaplin Fish Brook. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Holt HillWSW 240°128 m4.2 mi
Mills HillW 270°121 m3.7 mi
Town Farm HillWNW 284°117 m2.5 mi
Boston HillWSW 239°117 m3.4 mi
Claypit HillW 259°116 m3.3 mi
Baldpate HillNNE 22°107 m2.7 mi
Osgood HillWNW 303°105 m4.5 mi
Bayns HillNNW 348°100 m1.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0719:4320:26
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:1215:2816:14

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, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29898439

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