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Maddock Wildlife Reserve

Maddock Wildlife Reserve from directly overhead

Maddock Wildlife Reserve is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 33 m. Holt Hill stands 128 m to the west, 6.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Coolidge Woods, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 6.2 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Essex County Greenbelt Association
Access
restricted
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.65855, -70.98546

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Boy Scout Park: 0.4 mi
  • Boy Scout Park: 0.6 mi
  • Pye Brook Community Park: 1.4 mi
  • Hemlock Junction: 1.7 mi
  • Town Common: 2.1 mi
Peaks
  • Long Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Mound Eleanor: 1.5 mi
  • Bare Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Bald Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Great Hill: 2.4 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Davis Hayfield Pollinator Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Trinity Church Memorial Garden: 2.0 mi
  • Georgetown Community Garden: 4.3 mi
  • Community Gardens: 6.2 mi
  • The Fruit Trees & Conifers: 7.9 mi
Beaches
Attractions
  • The Rockery: 3.6 mi
  • Connors Farm: 4.3 mi
  • Corn Maze: 5.2 mi
  • Salem Cat Museum: 10.2 mi
  • BlackCraft Haunt: 10.5 mi
Museums
Artworks
Cliffs: 32
Picnic sites: 21
Lighthouses: 20
Rest areas: 9
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 10.8 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 11.5 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 13.7 mi
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 16.1 mi
  • Seabrook Rest Area: 16.5 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Newbury Falls: 6.9 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 15.4 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 16.0 mi
  • Hampton Falls: 18.4 mi
  • Great Falls: 22.4 mi
Springs: 5
  • Rail Spring: 9.0 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 13.5 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 16.5 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 22.3 mi
  • Jailhouse Spring: 22.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.8 miles of Maddock Wildlife Reserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Holt HillW 259°128 m6.3 mi
Mills HillW 278°121 m6.3 mi
Town Farm HillWNW 286°117 m5.2 mi
Boston HillW 261°117 m5.5 mi
Claypit HillW 273°116 m5.8 mi
Baldpate HillNNW 336°107 m3.7 mi
Bayns HillNW 310°100 m3.7 mi
Byers HillNW 307°99 m6.5 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, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29697918

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