Nature reserve · Massachusetts
Kurchian Woods
Kurchian Woods is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 41 m. Holt Hill stands 128 m to the north, 6.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Nichols Wood Lot, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 9.1 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
Coordinates42.54944, -71.11078
- 9.1 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 14.0 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 15.9 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
- 24.0 mi off the The Apple Way of Londonderry
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 14 mi
- Wildlife Viewing Platform · 20 mi
- Eagle Rock · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Nichols Wood Lot: 0.2 mi
- Fienemann Ice Pond: 0.3 mi
- Queralo: 0.7 mi
- Conservation Land: 0.8 mi
- Mattera Conservation Area: 0.8 mi
Parks
- Birch Meadow Park: 0.9 mi
- Haverhill/Charles Triangle: 1.2 mi
- Memorial Park: 1.6 mi
- Chestnut Street Complex: 1.7 mi
- Town Common: 1.7 mi
Peaks
- Long Woods Hills: 2.3 mi
- Scotland Hill: 2.4 mi
- Dobbins Hill: 2.5 mi
- Bear Hill: 2.9 mi
- Pine Hill: 3.0 mi
Museums
- Wilmington Town Museum: 2.8 mi
- Wakefield History Museum: 3.3 mi
- Burlington Public Museum: 5.3 mi
- Woburn Municipal Waterworks Museum: 6.3 mi
- Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology: 6.9 mi
Historic sites
- Rotary Park: 3.1 mi
- Better Homes and Gardens 1950 Achievement Award: 3.5 mi
- Floral Way: 3.5 mi
- Baldwin Apple Monument: 3.5 mi
- Paddy Heights Veterans Memorial: 4.2 mi
Beaches
- Baby Beach: 4.0 mi
- Pearce Lake Beach: 5.5 mi
- Borggaard Beach: 6.8 mi
- Middleton Town Beach: 7.9 mi
- Stevens Pond Beach: 9.6 mi
Artworks
- Baldwin Green: 4.1 mi
- muster: 4.7 mi
- Armillary Sphere: 6.8 mi
- Bicentennial Statue: 7.0 mi
- Orange Dinosaur: 8.0 mi
Gardens
- Tewksbury Community Garden: 6.4 mi
- Wildflower Meadows: 7.0 mi
- Community Gardens: 7.5 mi
- Herb Garden: 7.6 mi
- Courtyard: 8.3 mi
Attractions
- Stone Chimney: 6.6 mi
- Pickerel Rock: 7.0 mi
- Steel Tower: 7.3 mi
- Echo Rock: 7.4 mi
- 1899 MIT Observatory site: 7.6 mi
Cliffs: 48
- Skull Cliff: 6.2 mi
- Lookout Cliff: 6.2 mi
- The Cellar: 7.5 mi
- Crag 1: 7.8 mi
- Always Sunny Wall: 7.8 mi
Picnic sites: 23
- Pinetops Picnic Area: 5.7 mi
- Picnic Table: 9.2 mi
- Picnic Area: 9.9 mi
- Picnic Site 1: 12.8 mi
- Picnic Site 2: 13.2 mi
Lighthouses: 8
- Boathouse: 19.0 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 19.0 mi
- Rainshed: 19.0 mi
- Oil Shed: 19.0 mi
- Boston Light: 19.0 mi
Rest areas: 6
- Commissioners Landing: 13.3 mi
- Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 15.3 mi
- Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 17.8 mi
- Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 19.6 mi
- Windham Weigh Station Northbound: 21.0 mi
Springs: 5
- Quarry Spring: 7.9 mi
- Mystery Spring: 15.4 mi
- Rail Spring: 18.9 mi
- Lion's Spring: 22.3 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 23.6 mi
Waterfalls: 4
- Cascade Falls: 7.4 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 11.0 mi
- Newbury Falls: 16.7 mi
- Rock Falls: 24.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
- Haywardville: 6.0 mi
- Dogtown: 23.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.3 miles of Kurchian Woods. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holt Hill | N 2° | 128 m | 6.3 mi |
| Boston Hill | N 8° | 117 m | 6.7 mi |
| Fox Hill | W 281° | 96 m | 7.3 mi |
| Bear Hill | S 178° | 91 m | 5.8 mi |
| Greenleaf Mountain | SW 228° | 89 m | 5.9 mi |
| Whispering Hill | SW 217° | 88 m | 6.6 mi |
| Castle Rock | SE 141° | 87.2 m | 5.4 mi |
| Horn Pond Mountain | SSW 201° | 86 m | 6.6 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, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29861929
Day trips start here
- North Reading · 2 mi
- Reading · 2 mi
- Wilmington · 3 mi
- Wakefield · 4 mi
- Stoneham · 5 mi
- Woburn · 5 mi
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