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Cross Meadow Reservation

Cross Meadow Reservation from directly overhead

Cross Meadow Reservation is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 33 m. Holt Hill stands 128 m to the west-southwest, 3.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Windrush Farm Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 8.4 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1962
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Essex County Greenbelt Association
Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.66414, -71.03649

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Jobs Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Bruin Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Bayns Hill: 2.0 mi
  • Woodchuck Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Wood Hill: 2.2 mi
Gardens
  • Davis Hayfield Pollinator Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Georgetown Community Garden: 3.8 mi
  • Trinity Church Memorial Garden: 4.2 mi
  • Community Gardens: 7.4 mi
  • Andover Community Garden: 8.6 mi
Historic sites
Parks
  • Boy Scout Park: 2.2 mi
  • Boy Scout Park: 2.2 mi
  • Johnson Field: 2.5 mi
  • Sharpners Pond Park: 2.7 mi
  • Hemlock Junction: 2.9 mi
Beaches
Museums
Artworks
  • Bicentennial Statue: 4.9 mi
  • Armillary Sphere: 5.1 mi
  • muster: 9.9 mi
  • Pieta: 10.8 mi
  • Wamesit Indian Statue: 11.9 mi
Attractions
  • The Rockery: 6.2 mi
  • Connors Farm: 6.4 mi
  • Corn Maze: 7.5 mi
  • Salem Cat Museum: 11.8 mi
  • Echo Rock: 12.1 mi
Cliffs: 34
Picnic sites: 22
Lighthouses: 20
Rest areas: 9
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 9.7 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 11.1 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 11.3 mi
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 16.8 mi
  • Windham Weigh Station Northbound: 16.9 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Newbury Falls: 8.1 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 13.5 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 15.3 mi
  • Hampton Falls: 19.0 mi
  • Great Falls: 22.4 mi
Springs: 5
  • Rail Spring: 10.6 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 13.6 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 16.2 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 19.9 mi
  • Jailhouse Spring: 22.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Holt HillWSW 246°128 m3.9 mi
Mills HillW 278°121 m3.7 mi
Town Farm HillWNW 294°117 m2.6 mi
Boston HillWSW 246°117 m3.1 mi
Claypit HillW 268°116 m3.2 mi
Baldpate HillNNE 20°107 m3.2 mi
Osgood HillNW 309°105 m4.7 mi
Bayns HillN 352°100 m2.0 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, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/188998396

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