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Florence Street Open Space

Florence Street Open Space from directly overhead

Florence Street Open Space is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 49 m. Cairn Hill stands 92 m to the west-southwest, 1.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Swains Pond Avenue Open Space, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 5.6 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.45290, -71.05278

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Burnett Park: 0.3 mi
  • Demontier Square: 0.4 mi
  • Lebanon Street Park: 0.5 mi
  • Livermore Park: 0.6 mi
  • Mount Hood Recreation Area & Golf Course: 0.7 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
Artworks
Attractions
  • Stone Chimney: 1.8 mi
  • 1899 MIT Observatory site: 1.8 mi
  • Pickerel Rock: 2.5 mi
  • Hikmat home: 3.1 mi
  • Lynn Woods Rose Garden: 3.7 mi
Gardens
  • Malden Youth Community Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Sylvester Baxter Delta: 2.3 mi
  • Herb Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Anita's Garden: 3.9 mi
  • Winthrop Street Community Garden: 4.1 mi
Beaches
Museums
Cliffs: 50
Picnic sites: 23
  • Pinetops Picnic Area: 2.9 mi
  • Pine Knoll: 10.3 mi
  • Oak Lea: 10.4 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 10.5 mi
  • Picnic Site 1: 10.9 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Waterfalls: 4
  • Cascade Falls: 1.3 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 17.4 mi
  • Rock Falls: 17.7 mi
  • Newbury Falls: 21.5 mi
Springs: 4
  • Quarry Spring: 2.9 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 16.9 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 20.2 mi
  • Rail Spring: 23.2 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Commissioners Landing: 6.6 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 17.1 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 22.6 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 24.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cairn HillWSW 253°92 m1.8 mi
Bear HillWNW 288°91 m2.9 mi
Castle RockN 10°87.2 m2.5 mi
Burrill HillNE 53°87 m4.3 mi
Winthrop HillW 280°84 m2.8 mi
Boojum RockWSW 240°83 m1.8 mi
Crow HillNNE 12°82.9 m2.6 mi
Taylor MountainW 280°81 m2.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:1918:56
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 °F283037485867737264534334
Precip in3.93.64.94.33.84.24.03.53.94.84.05.0

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29830994

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