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City Forest

City Forest from directly overhead

City Forest is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 11 m. Powow Hill stands 99 m to the north-northwest, 4.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Turkey Hill, a peak 0.3 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 2.2 miles off.

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Getting there

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Coordinates42.80066, -70.91931

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Turkey Hill: 0.3 mi
  • Tower Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Indian Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Pipestave Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Archelaus Hill: 2.2 mi
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Woodman Park: 0.7 mi
  • Cherry Hill Soccer Fields: 1.2 mi
  • Maudslay State Park: 1.8 mi
  • Three Roads: 1.9 mi
  • Bradley Fuller Athletic Field: 1.9 mi
Gardens
  • Shallow-Cold Frames: 1.7 mi
  • Deep-Cold Frames: 1.7 mi
  • The Formal Gardens: 1.7 mi
  • Rose Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Italian Garden: 1.7 mi
Historic sites
  • Main House Site: 1.7 mi
  • Helen Moseley House Site: 1.8 mi
  • George Washington: 2.4 mi
  • William Lloyd Garrison Statue: 2.4 mi
  • Independent Marine Company Plack: 2.6 mi
Artworks
  • Clyde: 2.0 mi
  • Sparrows: 2.0 mi
  • Eclipse: 2.0 mi
  • Torrential Flight: 2.1 mi
  • Will He.: 2.1 mi
Attractions
  • Market Square: 2.6 mi
  • Captain's Fishing Parties: 5.2 mi
  • Corn Maze: 8.0 mi
  • Al Gauron Fishing & Whale Watching: 8.6 mi
  • The Rockery: 11.4 mi
Museums
Beaches
  • Plum Island Beach: 5.3 mi
  • Plum Island Beach: 5.7 mi
  • Salisbury Beach: 6.0 mi
  • The Knobbs: 7.8 mi
  • Seabrook Beach: 7.8 mi
Cliffs: 18
  • Sheep's Rock: 5.8 mi
  • Great Neck: 8.8 mi
  • Wildcat Ledge: 9.8 mi
  • Bar Head Cliff: 10.0 mi
  • Coastal Bank Bluff: 10.5 mi
Lighthouses: 17
Picnic sites: 14
  • Stratham Town Landing: 14.3 mi
  • Cowbell Corner Picnic Area: 15.4 mi
  • 4H Pavilion: 16.6 mi
  • Scamman Pavilion: 16.6 mi
  • Front Pavilion: 16.7 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Newbury Falls: 3.5 mi
  • Hampton Falls: 8.0 mi
  • Great Falls: 12.5 mi
  • Lower Falls: 12.6 mi
  • Piscassic Falls: 19.5 mi
Rest areas: 8
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 5.0 mi
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 5.7 mi
  • Seabrook Rest Area: 6.1 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 7.2 mi
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 9.7 mi
Springs: 3
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.8 miles of City Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Powow HillNNW 348°99 m4.6 mi
Chair HillNNW 346°93 m6.1 mi
Red Oak HillWNW 299°93 m6.2 mi
Red Oak HillWNW 297°93 m6.3 mi
Sawyers HillNNW 330°91 m5.7 mi
Highlands HillWNW 302°88 m6.5 mi
Long HillWNW 297°81 m5.6 mi
Ring HillNW 325°80.72 m5.3 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/29687869

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