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French Family Woodlot

French Family Woodlot from directly overhead

French Family Woodlot is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 42 m. Holt Hill stands 128 m to the west-southwest, 6.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Lowe Pond Trailhead, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 6.2 miles off.

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What to expect

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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.67020, -70.99280

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Mary A. Herrick Memorial Plaque: 0.7 mi
  • Jacob Perkins Grave: 1.9 mi
  • Nancy Merill Trail Memorial: 2.0 mi
  • Wolf Pit: 2.1 mi
  • Russel Homestead: 2.5 mi
Parks
  • Boy Scout Park: 0.9 mi
  • Hemlock Junction: 1.0 mi
  • Boy Scout Park: 1.1 mi
  • Pye Brook Community Park: 1.8 mi
  • Johnson Field: 2.1 mi
Gardens
  • Davis Hayfield Pollinator Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Trinity Church Memorial Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Georgetown Community Garden: 3.4 mi
  • Community Gardens: 7.0 mi
  • The Fruit Trees & Conifers: 7.4 mi
Peaks
  • Long Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Mound Eleanor: 2.3 mi
  • Jobs Hill: 2.3 mi
  • Bald Hill: 2.4 mi
  • Bare Hill: 2.4 mi
Beaches
Attractions
  • The Rockery: 4.4 mi
  • Connors Farm: 5.2 mi
  • Corn Maze: 5.3 mi
  • Salem Cat Museum: 11.1 mi
  • BlackCraft Haunt: 11.4 mi
Museums
Artworks
  • Bicentennial Statue: 7.1 mi
  • Armillary Sphere: 7.3 mi
  • Sparrows: 10.7 mi
  • Clyde: 10.8 mi
  • Eclipse: 10.9 mi
Cliffs: 27
Picnic sites: 20
Lighthouses: 20
Rest areas: 9
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 9.9 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 10.6 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 13.0 mi
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 15.5 mi
  • Seabrook Rest Area: 15.9 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Newbury Falls: 6.4 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 15.8 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 16.1 mi
  • Hampton Falls: 17.7 mi
  • Great Falls: 21.6 mi
Springs: 5
  • Rail Spring: 8.7 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 12.8 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 17.2 mi
  • Jailhouse Spring: 22.0 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 22.2 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.6 miles of French Family Woodlot. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Holt HillWSW 251°128 m6.1 mi
Mills HillW 271°121 m5.9 mi
Town Farm HillW 278°117 m4.6 mi
Boston HillWSW 252°117 m5.4 mi
Claypit HillW 264°116 m5.5 mi
Baldpate HillNNW 337°107 m2.8 mi
Osgood HillWNW 293°105 m6.4 mi
Bayns HillWNW 302°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, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29692673

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