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Chaplin Nike Site

Chaplin Nike Site from directly overhead

Chaplin Nike Site is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 39 m. Holt Hill stands 128 m to the west, 3.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Fish Cedar Swamp, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 8.8 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1987
Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.64637, -71.03408

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Bald Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Mound Eleanor: 2.1 mi
  • Jobs Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Woodchuck Hill: 2.6 mi
  • Bruin Hill: 2.8 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Davis Hayfield Pollinator Garden: 1.6 mi
  • Trinity Church Memorial Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Georgetown Community Garden: 5.0 mi
  • Community Gardens: 6.3 mi
  • Andover Community Garden: 8.8 mi
Parks
  • Sharpners Pond Park: 1.7 mi
  • Boy Scout Park: 2.0 mi
  • Boy Scout Park: 2.2 mi
  • Peabody Street Landing: 2.8 mi
  • Thunder Bridge Park: 3.0 mi
Beaches
Museums
Artworks
Attractions
  • Connors Farm: 5.7 mi
  • The Rockery: 5.8 mi
  • Corn Maze: 7.8 mi
  • Salem Cat Museum: 10.7 mi
  • Echo Rock: 10.8 mi
Cliffs: 36
Picnic sites: 22
Lighthouses: 20
Rest areas: 9
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 11.0 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 12.1 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 12.3 mi
  • Windham Weigh Station Northbound: 17.8 mi
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 17.8 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Newbury Falls: 8.9 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 13.5 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 14.1 mi
  • Hampton Falls: 20.1 mi
  • Great Falls: 23.6 mi
Springs: 5
  • Rail Spring: 11.3 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 14.8 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 15.0 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 19.7 mi
  • Jailhouse Spring: 23.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Holt HillW 264°128 m3.7 mi
Mills HillWNW 294°121 m4.2 mi
Boston HillW 269°117 m3.0 mi
Town Farm HillNW 312°117 m3.4 mi
Claypit HillWNW 288°116 m3.5 mi
Baldpate HillNNE 13°107 m4.4 mi
Osgood HillNW 318°105 m5.6 mi
Bayns HillN 353°100 m3.2 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 °F262834465665716962514131
Precip in3.53.34.54.33.74.23.83.33.84.74.04.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Middleton, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29836996

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