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Colby Village Open Space

Colby Village Open Space from directly overhead

Colby Village Open Space is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 13 m. Baldpate Hill stands 107 m to the west-southwest, 4.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Hyde, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 3.1 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.73946, -70.93039

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Central Street Recreation & Natural Resource Area: 0.8 mi
  • Eiras Park: 2.4 mi
  • Town Common: 3.0 mi
  • American Legion Park: 3.2 mi
  • Harry Murch Park: 3.2 mi
Peaks
  • Longfellow Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Skunk Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Blue Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Sunset Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Long Hill: 2.0 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
  • The Fruit Trees & Conifers: 1.7 mi
  • The Drought Tolerant Garden: 1.7 mi
  • The White Border: 1.7 mi
  • The Hosta Garden: 1.7 mi
  • The Vegetable, Fruit & Herb Garden: 1.7 mi
Attractions
Museums
Artworks
  • Sparrows: 5.0 mi
  • Clyde: 5.1 mi
  • Eclipse: 5.2 mi
  • Torrential Flight: 5.3 mi
  • Will He.: 5.4 mi
Beaches
  • Hood Pond Community Beach: 5.1 mi
  • The Knobbs: 6.7 mi
  • Clark Beach: 7.3 mi
  • Plum Island Beach: 7.8 mi
  • Ipswich Bar: 8.0 mi
Cliffs: 21
  • Wildcat Ledge: 6.3 mi
  • Great Neck: 6.7 mi
  • Bar Head Cliff: 8.4 mi
  • Coastal Bank Bluff: 8.6 mi
  • Sheep's Rock: 9.5 mi
Lighthouses: 14
Picnic sites: 10
Waterfalls: 8
  • Newbury Falls: 0.7 mi
  • Hampton Falls: 12.2 mi
  • Great Falls: 16.7 mi
  • Lower Falls: 16.8 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 20.2 mi
Rest areas: 8
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 7.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 8.0 mi
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 10.0 mi
  • Seabrook Rest Area: 10.4 mi
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 13.9 mi
Springs: 4
  • Rail Spring: 3.2 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 8.1 mi
  • Jailhouse Spring: 17.2 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 22.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Baldpate HillWSW 243°107 m4.8 mi
Bayns HillWSW 240°100 m6.5 mi
Shaven Crown HillWSW 243°98 m5.6 mi
Dead HillW 271°80 m6.5 mi
Littles HillWSW 246°79 m3.9 mi
Golden HillWNW 290°79 m6.7 mi
Brake HillNW 306°78.64 m4.7 mi
Prospect HillSE 141°77 m3.1 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 solstice07:1215:2816:13

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, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29697047

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