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Foster Cedar Swamp

Foster Cedar Swamp from directly overhead

Foster Cedar Swamp is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 36 m. Holt Hill stands 128 m to the west-southwest, 3.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Porter Peabody, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 9.1 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1983
Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.65060, -71.04229

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Sharpners Pond Park: 1.7 mi
  • Boy Scout Park: 2.4 mi
  • Boy Scout Park: 2.5 mi
  • Peabody Street Landing: 3.3 mi
  • Johnson Field: 3.4 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Davis Hayfield Pollinator Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Trinity Church Memorial Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Georgetown Community Garden: 4.8 mi
  • Community Gardens: 6.8 mi
  • Andover Community Garden: 8.3 mi
Peaks
  • Bald Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Jobs Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Woodchuck Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Bruin Hill: 2.4 mi
  • Mound Eleanor: 2.6 mi
Beaches
Museums
Artworks
  • Bicentennial Statue: 4.5 mi
  • Armillary Sphere: 4.6 mi
  • muster: 9.1 mi
  • Pieta: 10.5 mi
  • Wamesit Indian Statue: 11.4 mi
Attractions
  • Connors Farm: 6.2 mi
  • The Rockery: 6.3 mi
  • Corn Maze: 8.1 mi
  • Salem Cat Museum: 11.2 mi
  • Echo Rock: 11.2 mi
Cliffs: 35
Picnic sites: 22
Lighthouses: 20
Rest areas: 9
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 10.6 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 11.6 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 12.0 mi
  • Windham Weigh Station Northbound: 17.3 mi
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 17.7 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Newbury Falls: 9.0 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 13.1 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 14.3 mi
  • Hampton Falls: 20.0 mi
  • Great Falls: 23.4 mi
Springs: 5
  • Rail Spring: 11.4 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 14.6 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 15.2 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 19.4 mi
  • Jailhouse Spring: 23.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.5 miles of Foster Cedar Swamp. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Holt HillWSW 259°128 m3.3 mi
Mills HillWNW 293°121 m3.7 mi
Boston HillW 263°117 m2.6 mi
Town Farm HillNW 314°117 m2.9 mi
Claypit HillWNW 285°116 m3.0 mi
Baldpate HillNNE 19°107 m4.2 mi
Osgood HillNW 319°105 m5.1 mi
Bayns HillN 1°100 m2.9 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/29830247

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