Great Island
Marked private. Do not count on getting in.
Great Island is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 48 m. Turkey Hill stands 107 m to the west-southwest, 4.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Deer Hill, a peak 0.3 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 3.8 miles off.
How to reach it
- 3.8 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 7.2 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 19.8 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 7 mi
- Eagle Rock · 23 mi
- Wildlife Viewing Platform · 25 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Deer Hill: 0.3 mi
- Gerry Hill: 0.7 mi
- Wamoset Hill: 0.7 mi
- Cairn Hill: 0.7 mi
- Winthrop Hill: 0.7 mi
- Pickerel Rock: 0.3 mi
- Stone Chimney: 0.5 mi
- 1899 MIT Observatory site: 0.9 mi
- Hikmat home: 3.7 mi
- Central Street Historical District: 3.9 mi
- Virginia Wood: 0.6 mi
- Silver mine: 0.8 mi
- Honor Roll of World War II, Korean and Vietnam Wars: 1.7 mi
- Firefighter Memorial: 2.0 mi
- Winchester World War I Memorial "Humanity and Justice": 2.0 mi
- Whip Hill Park: 1.2 mi
- Carr Park: 1.2 mi
- Lincoln Park: 1.3 mi
- Gooch Park: 1.3 mi
- Bowden Park: 1.4 mi
- Old Town Quarry: 1.3 mi
- Sewall Woods: 1.4 mi
- Conservation Land/Meadow Road: 1.4 mi
- Ferdinand Woods: 1.7 mi
- West Hill Terrace: 1.8 mi
- Rock spiral: 1.4 mi
- Jumbo Statue: 3.3 mi
- The Cannon: 3.3 mi
- Mystic Musical Fence: 3.5 mi
- Orange Dinosaur: 3.7 mi
- Sylvester Baxter Delta: 1.6 mi
- Malden Youth Community Garden: 2.4 mi
- Winthrop Street Community Garden: 2.6 mi
- Alex's Place: 3.4 mi
- Tufts Community Garden: 3.6 mi
- Borggaard Beach: 2.4 mi
- Pearce Lake Beach: 4.1 mi
- Revere Beach: 6.1 mi
- Revere Beach: 6.2 mi
- Short Beach: 7.2 mi
- Medford Historical Society: 2.4 mi
- Woburn Municipal Waterworks Museum: 3.1 mi
- Wakefield History Museum: 3.8 mi
- Cyrus Dallin Art Museum: 3.8 mi
- Jason Russell House: 4.0 mi
- Crag 1: 1.3 mi
- Lookout Cliff: 1.5 mi
- Skull Cliff: 6.1 mi
- The Cellar: 6.2 mi
- Always Sunny Wall: 6.7 mi
- Pinetops Picnic Area: 4.2 mi
- Picnic Site 1: 8.8 mi
- Picnic Site 2: 9.2 mi
- Picnic Site 4: 9.2 mi
- Picnic Site 3: 9.2 mi
- Boathouse: 13.5 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 13.5 mi
- Oil Shed: 13.6 mi
- Rainshed: 13.6 mi
- Boston Light: 13.6 mi
- Cascade Falls: 1.1 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 15.9 mi
- Rock Falls: 18.1 mi
- Newbury Falls: 22.3 mi
- Quarry Spring: 1.2 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 16.9 mi
- Mystery Spring: 18.3 mi
- Rail Spring: 24.1 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 6.6 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 16.5 mi
- Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 21.9 mi
- Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 24.3 mi
- Haywardville: 0.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 4.5 miles of Great Island. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey Hill | WSW 251° | 107 m | 4.2 mi |
| Zion Hill | W 273° | 107 m | 4.3 mi |
| Mount Pisgah | W 263° | 105 m | 3.5 mi |
| Cairn Hill | SE 133° | 92 m | 0.7 mi |
| Bear Hill | NNW 329° | 91 m | 1.1 mi |
| Castle Rock | NE 46° | 87.2 m | 3.6 mi |
| Horn Pond Mountain | W 280° | 86 m | 3.2 mi |
| Winthrop Hill | NW 314° | 84 m | 0.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:43 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:07 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:29 | 16:15 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 30 | 37 | 48 | 58 | 67 | 73 | 72 | 64 | 53 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Reading, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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