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Holyoke Lot

Holyoke Lot from directly overhead

Holyoke Lot is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 39 m. Holt Hill stands 128 m to the west, 4.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Price Reservation, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 8.0 miles off.

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What to expect

Access
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Getting there

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Coordinates42.65198, -71.02105

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Gardens
  • Davis Hayfield Pollinator Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Trinity Church Memorial Garden: 3.1 mi
  • Georgetown Community Garden: 4.5 mi
  • Community Gardens: 6.3 mi
  • The Fruit Trees & Conifers: 9.3 mi
Peaks
  • Bald Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Mound Eleanor: 1.6 mi
  • Jobs Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Long Hill: 2.7 mi
  • Bruin Hill: 3.0 mi
Historic sites
Parks
  • Boy Scout Park: 1.3 mi
  • Boy Scout Park: 1.4 mi
  • Sharpners Pond Park: 2.5 mi
  • Peabody Street Landing: 2.8 mi
  • Thunder Bridge Park: 2.8 mi
Beaches
Attractions
  • The Rockery: 5.2 mi
  • Connors Farm: 5.3 mi
  • Corn Maze: 7.0 mi
  • Salem Cat Museum: 10.6 mi
  • BlackCraft Haunt: 11.0 mi
Museums
Artworks
Cliffs: 36
Picnic sites: 23
Lighthouses: 20
Rest areas: 9
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 10.7 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 11.9 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 12.4 mi
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 17.2 mi
  • Seabrook Rest Area: 17.6 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Newbury Falls: 8.2 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 14.2 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 14.6 mi
  • Hampton Falls: 19.4 mi
  • Great Falls: 23.1 mi
Springs: 5
  • Rail Spring: 10.6 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 14.2 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 15.5 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 20.5 mi
  • Jailhouse Spring: 23.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.1 miles of Holyoke Lot. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Holt HillW 260°128 m4.4 mi
Mills HillWNW 287°121 m4.7 mi
Boston HillW 264°117 m3.7 mi
Town Farm HillWNW 301°117 m3.7 mi
Claypit HillW 280°116 m4.1 mi
Baldpate HillN 5°107 m3.9 mi
Osgood HillNW 310°105 m5.9 mi
Bayns HillNNW 340°100 m3.0 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, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29837027

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