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Fish Cedar Swamp

Fish Cedar Swamp from directly overhead

Fish Cedar Swamp is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 36 m. Holt Hill stands 128 m to the west, 3.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Ayers Cedar Swamp, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 9.0 miles off.

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What to expect

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Getting there

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Coordinates42.64495, -71.03830

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Bald Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Jobs Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Mound Eleanor: 2.2 mi
  • Woodchuck Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Boston Hill: 2.8 mi
Parks
  • Sharpners Pond Park: 1.5 mi
  • Boy Scout Park: 2.3 mi
  • Boy Scout Park: 2.4 mi
  • Peabody Street Landing: 2.9 mi
  • Thunder Bridge Park: 3.1 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Davis Hayfield Pollinator Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Trinity Church Memorial Garden: 3.7 mi
  • Georgetown Community Garden: 5.1 mi
  • Community Gardens: 6.3 mi
  • Andover Community Garden: 8.6 mi
Beaches
Artworks
Museums
Attractions
  • Connors Farm: 5.8 mi
  • The Rockery: 6.0 mi
  • Corn Maze: 8.0 mi
  • Salem Cat Museum: 10.7 mi
  • Echo Rock: 10.8 mi
Cliffs: 36
Picnic sites: 22
Lighthouses: 20
Rest areas: 9
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 11.0 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 12.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 12.4 mi
  • Windham Weigh Station Northbound: 17.7 mi
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 18.0 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Newbury Falls: 9.1 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 13.2 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 13.9 mi
  • Hampton Falls: 20.2 mi
  • Great Falls: 23.7 mi
Springs: 5
  • Rail Spring: 11.5 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 14.8 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 14.9 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 19.5 mi
  • Jailhouse Spring: 24.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.2 miles of Fish Cedar Swamp. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Holt HillW 266°128 m3.5 mi
Mills HillWNW 297°121 m4.0 mi
Boston HillW 271°117 m2.8 mi
Town Farm HillNW 316°117 m3.3 mi
Claypit HillWNW 291°116 m3.3 mi
Baldpate HillNNE 15°107 m4.5 mi
Osgood HillNW 320°105 m5.6 mi
Bayns HillN 357°100 m3.3 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, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/193125895

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