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Elmlea Woods

Elmlea Woods from directly overhead

Elmlea Woods is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 32 m. Holt Hill stands 128 m to the west-southwest, 5.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Boxford Common Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 7.0 miles off.

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Getting there

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Coordinates42.66379, -71.00661

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Gardens
  • Davis Hayfield Pollinator Garden: 0.2 mi
  • Trinity Church Memorial Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Georgetown Community Garden: 3.7 mi
  • Community Gardens: 6.8 mi
  • The Fruit Trees & Conifers: 8.2 mi
Parks
  • Boy Scout Park: 0.8 mi
  • Boy Scout Park: 0.8 mi
  • Hemlock Junction: 1.7 mi
  • Johnson Field: 2.3 mi
  • Pye Brook Community Park: 2.4 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
  • Bald Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Jobs Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Mound Eleanor: 1.9 mi
  • Long Hill: 2.0 mi
  • Bayns Hill: 2.7 mi
Beaches
Attractions
  • The Rockery: 4.8 mi
  • Connors Farm: 5.3 mi
  • Corn Maze: 6.1 mi
  • Salem Cat Museum: 11.0 mi
  • BlackCraft Haunt: 11.3 mi
Museums
Artworks
Cliffs: 33
Picnic sites: 20
Lighthouses: 20
Rest areas: 9
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 10.1 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 11.0 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 12.6 mi
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 16.2 mi
  • Seabrook Rest Area: 16.6 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Newbury Falls: 7.1 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 15.0 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 15.5 mi
  • Hampton Falls: 18.4 mi
  • Great Falls: 22.2 mi
Springs: 5
  • Rail Spring: 9.5 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 13.3 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 16.5 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 21.4 mi
  • Jailhouse Spring: 22.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Holt HillWSW 253°128 m5.3 mi
Mills HillW 276°121 m5.2 mi
Town Farm HillWNW 286°117 m4.0 mi
Boston HillWSW 254°117 m4.6 mi
Claypit HillW 269°116 m4.7 mi
Baldpate HillN 352°107 m3.1 mi
Osgood HillWNW 300°105 m6.0 mi
Bayns HillNW 318°100 m2.7 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/1313321346

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