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Harold Parker State Forest

Harold Parker State Forest from directly overhead

Harold Parker State Forest is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 33 m. Holt Hill stands 128 m to the west, 3.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Dolan Ox Pasture, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 9.9 miles off.

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What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.63408, -71.04883

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Sharpners Pond Park: 0.6 mi
  • Peabody Street Landing: 2.9 mi
  • Howe-Manning Recreation Area: 3.0 mi
  • Boy Scout Park: 3.0 mi
  • Boy Scout Park: 3.2 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
  • Bald Hill: 2.0 mi
  • Aslebe Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Boston Hill: 2.4 mi
  • Woodchuck Hill: 2.6 mi
  • Mound Eleanor: 2.7 mi
Gardens
  • Davis Hayfield Pollinator Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Trinity Church Memorial Garden: 4.2 mi
  • Georgetown Community Garden: 6.0 mi
  • Community Gardens: 6.1 mi
  • Andover Community Garden: 8.2 mi
Beaches
Artworks
  • Bicentennial Statue: 4.3 mi
  • Armillary Sphere: 4.4 mi
  • muster: 8.3 mi
  • Pieta: 10.3 mi
  • Baldwin Green: 10.7 mi
Museums
Attractions
  • Connors Farm: 6.0 mi
  • The Rockery: 6.5 mi
  • Corn Maze: 8.8 mi
  • Echo Rock: 10.2 mi
  • Steel Tower: 10.4 mi
Cliffs: 37
  • Wildcat Ledge: 3.6 mi
  • Skull Cliff: 9.0 mi
  • Always Sunny Wall: 10.3 mi
  • The Cellar: 10.4 mi
  • Lookout Cliff: 11.8 mi
Picnic sites: 22
Lighthouses: 20
Rest areas: 9
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 11.7 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 12.1 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 13.2 mi
  • Windham Weigh Station Northbound: 17.9 mi
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 18.9 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Newbury Falls: 10.1 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 12.7 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 13.1 mi
  • Hampton Falls: 21.1 mi
  • Great Falls: 24.6 mi
Springs: 5
  • Rail Spring: 12.5 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 14.0 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 15.8 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 18.8 mi
  • Jailhouse Spring: 24.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.7 miles of Harold Parker State Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Holt HillW 279°128 m3.0 mi
Mills HillNW 310°121 m4.0 mi
Boston HillWNW 290°117 m2.4 mi
Town Farm HillNNW 331°117 m3.6 mi
Claypit HillNW 307°116 m3.2 mi
Baldpate HillNNE 19°107 m5.4 mi
Osgood HillNNW 329°105 m5.9 mi
Bayns HillN 5°100 m4.1 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, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1051960956

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