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Dexter Road Open Space

Dexter Road Open Space from directly overhead

Dexter Road Open Space is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 45 m. Cairn Hill stands 92 m to the west, 2.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Swains Pond Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 6.1 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

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Coordinates42.44393, -71.03646

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • High Rock Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
  • Mount Hood Recreation Area & Golf Course: 0.5 mi
  • Trafton Park: 0.6 mi
  • Linden Victory Delta: 0.7 mi
  • Hunting Field: 0.7 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Major Doak A. Weston USAAF: 0.6 mi
  • Operation Enduring Freedom Tennis Courts: 0.6 mi
  • Firefighter Memorial: 1.3 mi
  • The Hiker at Wehner Park: 1.6 mi
  • Honor Roll of World War II, Korean and Vietnam Wars: 1.7 mi
Artworks
Gardens
Attractions
  • 1899 MIT Observatory site: 2.5 mi
  • Hikmat home: 2.7 mi
  • Stone Chimney: 2.7 mi
  • Pickerel Rock: 3.3 mi
  • Lynn Woods Rose Garden: 3.3 mi
Beaches
Museums
Cliffs: 51
Picnic sites: 23
  • Pinetops Picnic Area: 3.3 mi
  • Pine Knoll: 9.9 mi
  • Oak Lea: 10.0 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 10.1 mi
  • Picnic Site 1: 11.5 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Waterfalls: 4
  • Cascade Falls: 2.0 mi
  • Rock Falls: 16.9 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 18.4 mi
  • Newbury Falls: 21.8 mi
Springs: 4
  • Quarry Spring: 3.5 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 16.3 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 21.3 mi
  • Rail Spring: 23.4 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Commissioners Landing: 6.2 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 16.8 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 23.5 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 24.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 4.5 miles of Dexter Road Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cairn HillW 272°92 m2.5 mi
Bear HillWNW 293°91 m3.9 mi
Castle RockN 353°87.2 m3.1 mi
Burrill HillNE 39°87 m4.1 mi
Winthrop HillWNW 287°84 m3.7 mi
Boojum RockW 263°83 m2.4 mi
Crow HillN 355°82.9 m3.2 mi
Taylor MountainWNW 287°81 m3.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0819:4320:26
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:1115:2916:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303238495868747366554536
Precip in3.43.24.23.63.23.93.33.23.64.03.74.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boston, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29835175

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