Nature reserve · Massachusetts
Lawrence St Acres/Wetlands
Marked private. Do not count on getting in.
Lawrence St Acres/Wetlands is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 26 m. Holt Hill stands 128 m to the north-northeast, 6.5 miles off. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 8.3 miles off.
How to reach it
Coordinates42.56040, -71.17079
- 8.3 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 15.5 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 17.8 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
- 21.9 mi off the The Apple Way of Londonderry
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 15 mi
- Wildlife Viewing Platform · 22 mi
- Eagle Rock · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Lawrence St Acres/Wetlands: 0.1 mi
- Glen Road Berry Bog Conservation Land: 0.7 mi
- Corum Meadows: 1.0 mi
- Beeching Avenue Extension: 1.2 mi
- Federal Gardens: 1.2 mi
Peaks
- Pine Hill: 0.2 mi
- Snake Hill: 1.6 mi
- Wood Hill: 2.6 mi
- Peach Orchard Hill: 3.6 mi
- Dobbins Hill: 3.8 mi
Parks
- Swain Green: 0.3 mi
- Wilmington Town Common: 0.4 mi
- Robert P. Palmer Park: 0.6 mi
- Rotary Park: 0.7 mi
- Muster Park: 1.7 mi
Historic sites
- Rotary Park: 0.7 mi
- Baldwin Apple Monument: 1.9 mi
- Shawsheen River Aqueduct: 2.3 mi
- Middlesex Canal Crossing: 3.4 mi
- Middlesex Canal crossing marker: 3.7 mi
Beaches
- Baby Beach: 0.8 mi
- Borggaard Beach: 7.5 mi
- Pearce Lake Beach: 8.3 mi
- Stevens Pond Beach: 9.5 mi
- American Legion Beach: 9.5 mi
Artworks
- muster: 1.7 mi
- Baldwin Green: 4.1 mi
- Armillary Sphere: 6.3 mi
- Wamesit Indian Statue: 6.4 mi
- Bicentennial Statue: 6.5 mi
Museums
- Wilmington Town Museum: 1.8 mi
- Burlington Public Museum: 4.1 mi
- Wakefield History Museum: 5.9 mi
- New England Baseball Museum: 6.2 mi
- Middlesex Canal Visitor Center: 6.2 mi
Gardens
- Tewksbury Community Garden: 3.7 mi
- Wildflower Meadows: 4.2 mi
- Courtyard: 6.1 mi
- Bedford Garden Club: 7.0 mi
- Andover Community Garden: 7.1 mi
Attractions
- Two Brothers stones for 1638 boundary - Dudley: 7.5 mi
- Two Brothers stones for 1638 boundary - Winthrop: 7.5 mi
- RR Semaphore: 8.3 mi
- Stone Chimney: 8.4 mi
- Pickerel Rock: 8.5 mi
Cliffs: 46
- Lookout Cliff: 8.3 mi
- Bloody Bluff: 9.1 mi
- Skull Cliff: 9.3 mi
- Crag 1: 9.6 mi
- The Cellar: 10.6 mi
Picnic sites: 23
- Picnic Area: 6.8 mi
- Picnic Table: 7.1 mi
- Pinetops Picnic Area: 8.5 mi
- Family Friendly Area (Multi-use): 11.1 mi
- Picnic Site 1: 12.1 mi
Lighthouses: 7
- Boathouse: 21.5 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 21.5 mi
- Oil Shed: 21.5 mi
- Rainshed: 21.5 mi
- Boston Light: 21.5 mi
Rest areas: 6
- Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 13.7 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 14.8 mi
- Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 17.7 mi
- Windham Weigh Station Northbound: 19.1 mi
- Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 19.9 mi
Springs: 5
- Quarry Spring: 9.2 mi
- Mystery Spring: 12.3 mi
- Rail Spring: 20.5 mi
- Lion's Spring: 22.8 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 24.9 mi
Waterfalls: 3
- Wamesit Falls: 8.0 mi
- Cascade Falls: 9.3 mi
- Newbury Falls: 18.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Haywardville: 7.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.1 miles of Lawrence St Acres/Wetlands. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holt Hill | NNE 30° | 128 m | 6.5 mi |
| Boston Hill | NNE 34° | 117 m | 7.1 mi |
| Claypit Hill | NNE 27° | 116 m | 7.9 mi |
| Wood Hill | NNW 339° | 112 m | 7.0 mi |
| Granny Hill | SSW 199° | 108 m | 7.9 mi |
| Zion Hill | S 183° | 107 m | 7.3 mi |
| Ames Hill | NNW 330° | 106 m | 5.9 mi |
| Hemlock Hill | W 263° | 105 m | 7.7 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 | 19:44 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 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, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29819366
Day trips start here
- Wilmington · 1 mi
- Billerica · 5 mi
- North Reading · 5 mi
- Reading · 5 mi
- Wakefield · 6 mi
- Woburn · 6 mi
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