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Choate Farm Open Space

Choate Farm Open Space from directly overhead

Choate Farm Open Space is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 21 m. Great Hill stands 75 m to the north, 3.2 miles off. The nearest named place is ECGA Conservation Land, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 6.7 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.60194, -70.93476

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
  • ECGA Conservation Land: 0.1 mi
  • ECGA Conservation Land: 0.2 mi
  • Town Land: 0.2 mi
  • Choate Farm Conservation Area: 0.2 mi
  • ECGA Conservation Land: 0.3 mi
Attractions
  • Connors Farm: 0.4 mi
  • The Rockery: 2.5 mi
  • Salem Cat Museum: 5.7 mi
  • BlackCraft Haunt: 5.9 mi
  • Count Orlok’s Nightmare Gallery: 5.9 mi
Peaks
  • Putnam Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Rea Farm Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Lords Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Witch Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Pingrees Hill: 1.6 mi
Parks
  • West Wenham Park: 1.2 mi
  • Birch Plains Park: 1.7 mi
  • Carbarn Lot: 2.5 mi
  • Danvers Square: 2.5 mi
  • Plains Park: 2.5 mi
Museums
Gardens
  • Trinity Church Memorial Garden: 2.7 mi
  • Community Gardens: 2.7 mi
  • Davis Hayfield Pollinator Garden: 5.6 mi
  • Ropes Garden: 5.9 mi
  • Salem Community Gardens: 6.5 mi
Historic sites
Beaches
  • Middleton Town Beach: 3.0 mi
  • Hood Pond Community Beach: 4.7 mi
  • Dane Street Beach: 5.0 mi
  • Dane Street Beach: 5.0 mi
  • Lynch Park Beach: 5.3 mi
Artworks
Cliffs: 39
Picnic sites: 23
  • Pinetops Picnic Area: 9.1 mi
  • Picnic Table: 14.7 mi
  • Picnic Area: 18.6 mi
  • North Grove Catering: 20.9 mi
  • Picnic Site 1: 21.5 mi
Lighthouses: 20
Rest areas: 9
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 15.4 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 15.8 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 18.0 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 18.2 mi
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 19.4 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Newbury Falls: 10.2 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 13.0 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 18.6 mi
  • Hampton Falls: 21.6 mi
Springs: 4
  • Rail Spring: 11.4 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 14.4 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 17.5 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 24.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.9 miles of Choate Farm Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great HillN 354°75 m3.2 mi
Wills HillW 266°75 m4.5 mi
Bald HillWNW 303°74 m4.6 mi
Turkey HillNNE 33°74 m6.6 mi
Witch HillNW 317°70 m1.5 mi
Turner HillNNE 27°70 m5.0 mi
Waldens HillSW 225°70 m5.8 mi
Uptons HillSW 234°69 m5.2 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 solstice07:1115:2816:14

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283037475766727163524334
Precip in3.22.94.24.33.43.83.53.33.64.54.04.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Beverly Muni AP, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29697900

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