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Hood Farm

Hood Farm from directly overhead

Hood Farm is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 33 m. Town Farm Hill stands 117 m to the west, 6.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Hood Pond Community Beach, a beach 0.6 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 4.7 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1997-02-21
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.67485, -70.96267

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Beaches
Parks
  • Pye Brook Community Park: 0.9 mi
  • Hemlock Junction: 1.3 mi
  • Boy Scout Park: 2.0 mi
  • Klock Park: 2.0 mi
  • Boy Scout Park: 2.2 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Long Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Bare Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Great Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Ornes Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Town Hill: 2.5 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Davis Hayfield Pollinator Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Trinity Church Memorial Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Georgetown Community Garden: 4.0 mi
  • The Fruit Trees & Conifers: 6.4 mi
  • The Drought Tolerant Garden: 6.4 mi
Attractions
  • The Rockery: 3.4 mi
  • Corn Maze: 3.7 mi
  • Connors Farm: 4.8 mi
  • Market Square: 10.5 mi
  • Salem Cat Museum: 11.0 mi
Museums
Artworks
  • Bicentennial Statue: 8.7 mi
  • Armillary Sphere: 8.9 mi
  • Sparrows: 9.7 mi
  • Clyde: 9.8 mi
  • Eclipse: 9.9 mi
Cliffs: 26
Lighthouses: 20
Picnic sites: 16
Rest areas: 9
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 10.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 10.6 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 14.2 mi
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 14.7 mi
  • Seabrook Rest Area: 15.1 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Newbury Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 16.9 mi
  • Hampton Falls: 16.9 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 17.3 mi
  • Great Falls: 21.2 mi
Springs: 5
  • Rail Spring: 7.4 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 12.4 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 18.0 mi
  • Jailhouse Spring: 21.6 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 23.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.9 miles of Hood Farm. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Town Farm HillW 273°117 m6.1 mi
Baldpate HillNW 311°107 m3.5 mi
Bayns HillWNW 287°100 m4.2 mi
Byers HillWNW 294°99 m6.9 mi
Shaven Crown HillWNW 299°98 m3.9 mi
Woodchuck HillW 264°96 m6.0 mi
Russell HillWNW 290°92 m6.2 mi
Foster HillWNW 288°90 m5.9 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, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29691551

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