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Gerry Island

Gerry Island from directly overhead

Gerry Island is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 4 m. Burrill Hill stands 87 m to the west, 7.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Fort Sewall, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 8.9 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
4 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.51079, -70.84168

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Fort Sewall: 0.2 mi
  • Fountain Park: 0.2 mi
  • Chandler-Hovey Park: 0.6 mi
  • Crocker Park: 0.7 mi
  • Reynolds Playground: 0.7 mi
Beaches
  • Gas House Beach: 0.2 mi
  • Fort Beach: 0.2 mi
  • Gas House Basin: 0.3 mi
  • Grace Oliver Beach: 0.4 mi
  • Garmet Beach: 1.0 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Burial Hill: 0.3 mi
  • Coddon Hill: 0.7 mi
  • Legg Hill: 2.9 mi
  • Ledge Hill: 3.5 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 3.5 mi
Museums
Artworks
Attractions
Gardens
  • Salem Community Gardens: 2.4 mi
  • Pickman Park Community Garden: 2.7 mi
  • Ropes Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Community Gardens: 7.5 mi
  • Herb Garden: 9.0 mi
Cliffs: 51
Picnic sites: 22
  • Pinetops Picnic Area: 9.8 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 18.7 mi
  • Pine Knoll: 19.0 mi
  • Oak Lea: 19.1 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 19.1 mi
Lighthouses: 20
Waterfalls: 4
  • Cascade Falls: 12.8 mi
  • Newbury Falls: 17.1 mi
  • Rock Falls: 23.0 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 24.6 mi
Springs: 4
  • Quarry Spring: 14.4 mi
  • Rail Spring: 17.4 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 23.8 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 24.5 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Commissioners Landing: 15.8 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 23.1 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 23.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.2 miles of Gerry Island. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Burrill HillW 259°87 m7.5 mi
Mount GileadW 260°77 m7.9 mi
Mount HermonW 262°76 m7.0 mi
Mount MoriahWSW 257°74 m8.2 mi
Weetamoo CliffW 264°68 m7.9 mi
Prospect HillW 264°63 m6.5 mi
Mount SpickettW 263°62 m7.2 mi
Morse HillNE 34°62 m7.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0719:4220:25
September equinox06:3118:0518:43
December solstice07:1115:2816:14

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272935455564716963524233
Precip in3.83.54.74.33.54.13.53.33.65.04.14.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Marblehead, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/22332990

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