Nature reserve · Massachusetts
Higgins Property
Higgins Property is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 30 m. Zion Hill stands 107 m to the south-southwest, 6.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Criterion Rd & Aberjona/Woodla, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 8.2 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
Coordinates42.53492, -71.11681
- 8.2 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 13.0 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 16.8 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
- 24.7 mi off the The Apple Way of Londonderry
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 13 mi
- Wildlife Viewing Platform · 21 mi
- Eagle Rock · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Criterion Rd & Aberjona/Woodla: 0.1 mi
- Maillet Conservation Area: 0.4 mi
- Willow Street: 0.5 mi
- Thelin Bird Sanctuary: 0.5 mi
- Sheehan/Aberjona River: 0.8 mi
Parks
- Birch Meadow Park: 0.2 mi
- Memorial Park: 1.0 mi
- Town Common: 1.0 mi
- Washington Park: 1.1 mi
- Elm Park: 1.2 mi
Peaks
- Long Woods Hills: 1.3 mi
- Scotland Hill: 1.4 mi
- Dobbins Hill: 1.4 mi
- Bear Hill: 2.1 mi
- Cowdry Hill: 2.5 mi
Museums
- Wakefield History Museum: 2.7 mi
- Wilmington Town Museum: 3.5 mi
- Burlington Public Museum: 4.5 mi
- Woburn Municipal Waterworks Museum: 5.2 mi
- Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology: 7.8 mi
Historic sites
- Better Homes and Gardens 1950 Achievement Award: 2.9 mi
- Floral Way: 2.9 mi
- Rotary Park: 3.0 mi
- Baldwin Apple Monument: 3.0 mi
- Paddy Heights Veterans Memorial: 3.7 mi
Artworks
- Baldwin Green: 3.1 mi
- muster: 5.0 mi
- Rock spiral: 7.0 mi
- Orange Dinosaur: 7.4 mi
- Armillary Sphere: 7.8 mi
Beaches
- Baby Beach: 4.1 mi
- Pearce Lake Beach: 5.1 mi
- Borggaard Beach: 5.8 mi
- Middleton Town Beach: 8.8 mi
- Revere Beach: 10.2 mi
Attractions
- Stone Chimney: 5.7 mi
- Pickerel Rock: 6.0 mi
- 1899 MIT Observatory site: 6.7 mi
- Steel Tower: 7.1 mi
- Echo Rock: 7.2 mi
Gardens
- Tewksbury Community Garden: 6.8 mi
- Herb Garden: 7.2 mi
- Wildflower Meadows: 7.4 mi
- Sylvester Baxter Delta: 7.4 mi
- Courtyard: 7.6 mi
Cliffs: 47
- Lookout Cliff: 5.4 mi
- Skull Cliff: 6.1 mi
- Crag 1: 6.9 mi
- The Cellar: 7.3 mi
- Always Sunny Wall: 7.6 mi
Picnic sites: 23
- Pinetops Picnic Area: 5.2 mi
- Picnic Table: 9.8 mi
- Picnic Area: 10.0 mi
- Picnic Site 1: 11.8 mi
- Picnic Site 2: 12.2 mi
Lighthouses: 8
- Boathouse: 18.3 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 18.3 mi
- Rainshed: 18.4 mi
- Oil Shed: 18.4 mi
- Boston Light: 18.4 mi
Rest areas: 6
- Commissioners Landing: 12.4 mi
- Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 16.1 mi
- Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 18.8 mi
- Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 20.6 mi
- Windham Weigh Station Northbound: 21.8 mi
Springs: 5
- Quarry Spring: 6.9 mi
- Mystery Spring: 15.3 mi
- Rail Spring: 19.9 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 22.7 mi
- Lion's Spring: 23.3 mi
Waterfalls: 4
- Cascade Falls: 6.5 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 11.3 mi
- Newbury Falls: 17.7 mi
- Rock Falls: 23.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
- Haywardville: 5.1 mi
- Dogtown: 24.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.7 miles of Higgins Property. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zion Hill | SSW 210° | 107 m | 6.4 mi |
| Mount Pisgah | SSW 202° | 105 m | 6.6 mi |
| Cairn Hill | SSE 166° | 92 m | 6.4 mi |
| Bear Hill | S 174° | 91 m | 4.8 mi |
| Greenleaf Mountain | SW 234° | 89 m | 5.0 mi |
| Whispering Hill | SW 221° | 88 m | 5.7 mi |
| Castle Rock | SE 131° | 87.2 m | 4.9 mi |
| Horn Pond Mountain | SSW 202° | 86 m | 5.6 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 | 07:12 | 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, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29834854
Day trips start here
- Reading · 1 mi
- North Reading · 3 mi
- Wakefield · 3 mi
- Wilmington · 3 mi
- Stoneham · 4 mi
- Woburn · 4 mi
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