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Lowe Pond Trailhead

Lowe Pond Trailhead from directly overhead

Lowe Pond Trailhead is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 29 m. Holt Hill stands 128 m to the west-southwest, 6.3 miles off. The nearest named place is French Family Woodlot, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 6.0 miles off.

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What to expect

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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.67471, -70.99097

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Hemlock Junction: 0.7 mi
  • Boy Scout Park: 1.2 mi
  • Boy Scout Park: 1.4 mi
  • Pye Brook Community Park: 1.8 mi
  • Johnson Field: 1.9 mi
Historic sites
  • Mary A. Herrick Memorial Plaque: 0.7 mi
  • Jacob Perkins Grave: 1.6 mi
  • Wolf Pit: 2.0 mi
  • Nancy Merill Trail Memorial: 2.3 mi
  • Russel Homestead: 2.8 mi
Gardens
  • Davis Hayfield Pollinator Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Trinity Church Memorial Garden: 3.1 mi
  • Georgetown Community Garden: 3.2 mi
  • The Fruit Trees & Conifers: 7.1 mi
  • The Drought Tolerant Garden: 7.1 mi
Peaks
  • Long Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Jobs Hill: 2.3 mi
  • Redshanks Hill: 2.3 mi
  • Bare Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Mound Eleanor: 2.6 mi
Beaches
Attractions
  • The Rockery: 4.5 mi
  • Corn Maze: 5.1 mi
  • Connors Farm: 5.4 mi
  • Market Square: 11.3 mi
  • Salem Cat Museum: 11.4 mi
Museums
Artworks
  • Bicentennial Statue: 7.3 mi
  • Armillary Sphere: 7.5 mi
  • Sparrows: 10.4 mi
  • Clyde: 10.5 mi
  • Eclipse: 10.6 mi
Cliffs: 26
Picnic sites: 20
Lighthouses: 20
Rest areas: 9
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 9.6 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 10.3 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 12.9 mi
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 15.2 mi
  • Seabrook Rest Area: 15.6 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Newbury Falls: 6.1 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 15.9 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 16.4 mi
  • Hampton Falls: 17.4 mi
  • Great Falls: 21.3 mi
Springs: 5
  • Rail Spring: 8.4 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 12.5 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 17.5 mi
  • Jailhouse Spring: 21.7 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 22.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.5 miles of Lowe Pond Trailhead. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Holt HillWSW 248°128 m6.3 mi
Mills HillW 268°121 m6.0 mi
Town Farm HillW 274°117 m4.7 mi
Boston HillWSW 249°117 m5.6 mi
Claypit HillW 261°116 m5.6 mi
Baldpate HillNNW 332°107 m2.6 mi
Osgood HillWNW 290°105 m6.4 mi
Bayns HillWNW 296°100 m2.9 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 °F262936475767727163514132
Precip in3.73.64.94.23.84.23.63.44.14.93.94.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Groveland, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29690597

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