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Ipswich River

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Ipswich River from directly overhead

Ipswich River is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 22 m. Holt Hill stands 128 m to the north-northeast, 6.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Ipswich River Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 8.5 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.55090, -71.13630

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Wilmington Town Common: 1.6 mi
  • Birch Meadow Park: 1.6 mi
  • Swain Green: 1.6 mi
  • Rotary Park: 1.8 mi
  • Town Park: 1.8 mi
Peaks
Museums
Beaches
  • Baby Beach: 2.7 mi
  • Pearce Lake Beach: 6.5 mi
  • Borggaard Beach: 6.7 mi
  • Middleton Town Beach: 8.9 mi
  • Stevens Pond Beach: 9.7 mi
Artworks
  • muster: 3.5 mi
  • Baldwin Green: 3.6 mi
  • Armillary Sphere: 6.6 mi
  • Bicentennial Statue: 6.9 mi
  • Wamesit Indian Statue: 8.1 mi
Gardens
  • Tewksbury Community Garden: 5.3 mi
  • Wildflower Meadows: 5.9 mi
  • Courtyard: 7.1 mi
  • Bedford Garden Club: 8.1 mi
  • The Kindness Rocks Project: 8.3 mi
Attractions
  • Stone Chimney: 7.1 mi
  • Pickerel Rock: 7.3 mi
  • 1899 MIT Observatory site: 8.0 mi
  • Steel Tower: 8.5 mi
  • Echo Rock: 8.6 mi
Cliffs: 47
Picnic sites: 23
  • Pinetops Picnic Area: 6.7 mi
  • Picnic Table: 8.4 mi
  • Picnic Area: 8.7 mi
  • Picnic Site 1: 12.2 mi
  • Picnic Site 2: 12.6 mi
Lighthouses: 8
Rest areas: 6
Springs: 5
  • Quarry Spring: 8.1 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 14.1 mi
  • Rail Spring: 19.7 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 22.7 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 23.9 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cascade Falls: 7.9 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 9.8 mi
  • Newbury Falls: 17.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.4 miles of Ipswich River. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Holt HillNNE 14°128 m6.4 mi
Boston HillNNE 18°117 m6.9 mi
Zion HillSSW 198°107 m7.0 mi
Ames HillNW 321°106 m7.4 mi
Mount PisgahSSW 191°105 m7.4 mi
Fox HillWNW 283°96 m6.0 mi
Bear HillSSE 166°91 m6.1 mi
Pine HillN 6°91 m7.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:0819:4320:26
September equinox06:3318:0718:44
December solstice07:1215:2916:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283037485867737264534334
Precip in3.93.64.94.33.84.24.03.53.94.84.05.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Reading, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29863437

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