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Hog Island

Hog Island from directly overhead

Hog Island is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 0 m. Mount Ann stands 78 m to the south-southeast, 4.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Choate Hill, a peak 0.7 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 2.3 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.66822, -70.74804

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Choate Hill: 0.7 mi
  • Wigwam Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Twopenny Loaf: 1.6 mi
  • Castle Hill: 2.0 mi
  • Middle Hill: 2.0 mi
Beaches
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Museums
Parks
  • Memorial Park: 3.1 mi
  • Great Neck Park: 3.2 mi
  • Pony Express Farm Athletic Fields: 3.8 mi
  • Raymond Fields: 3.9 mi
  • Stanwood Point Landing: 4.1 mi
Attractions
  • 17: 5.1 mi
  • 18: 5.1 mi
  • JAS MERRY: 5.1 mi
  • 19: 5.1 mi
  • FIRST ATTACKED: 5.1 mi
Gardens: 51
  • Cold Frames: 1.9 mi
  • Formal Garden: 2.0 mi
  • Rose Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Bushee Garden: 8.6 mi
  • The Woodland Garden: 10.4 mi
Artworks: 49
  • Fishermen's Wives Memorial: 5.5 mi
  • Fitz Hugh Lane: 5.9 mi
  • Sparrows: 11.3 mi
  • Clyde: 11.4 mi
  • Osprey: Pandion Haliaetus: 11.5 mi
Cliffs: 21
Lighthouses: 20
Rest areas: 7
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 16.2 mi
  • Seabrook Rest Area: 16.4 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 17.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 18.5 mi
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 19.3 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Newbury Falls: 10.8 mi
  • Hampton Falls: 17.8 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 22.7 mi
  • Great Falls: 23.8 mi
  • Lower Falls: 23.9 mi
Springs: 4
  • Rail Spring: 9.1 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 16.9 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 24.2 mi
  • Jailhouse Spring: 24.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Pinetops Picnic Area: 18.9 mi
  • Picnic Table: 23.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.8 miles of Hog Island. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount AnnSSE 167°78 m4.0 mi
Turkey HillW 279°74 m6.0 mi
Red RockSSE 164°70 m3.7 mi
Pool HillE 98°66 m5.8 mi
Morse HillS 187°62 m4.6 mi
Bush HillW 274°61 m5.7 mi
Pigeon HillE 87°61 m6.1 mi
Browns HillSW 233°61 m6.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4718:1818:55
June solstice05:0619:4220:25
September equinox06:3118:0518:42
December solstice07:1115:2716:13

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272835455564706962514133
Precip in3.73.64.64.23.54.03.43.43.85.04.04.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Beverly, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29689347

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