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Marblehead Neck Wildlife Sanctuary

Marblehead Neck Wildlife Sanctuary from directly overhead

Marblehead Neck Wildlife Sanctuary is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 6 m. Burrill Hill stands 87 m to the west, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Garmet Beach, a beach 0.5 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 10 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.49237, -70.83996

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Beaches
Parks
  • Castle Rock Park: 0.6 mi
  • William I Hammond Park: 0.7 mi
  • Seaside Park: 0.8 mi
  • Crocker Park: 0.8 mi
  • Washington Square: 1.0 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Museums
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Burial Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Coddon Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Legg Hill: 2.6 mi
  • Vinnin Hill: 3.2 mi
  • Ledge Hill: 4.1 mi
Gardens
  • Pickman Park Community Garden: 2.6 mi
  • Salem Community Gardens: 2.9 mi
  • Ropes Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Community Gardens: 8.4 mi
  • Herb Garden: 8.8 mi
Attractions
Cliffs: 51
Picnic sites: 22
  • Pinetops Picnic Area: 9.8 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 17.6 mi
  • Pine Knoll: 18.1 mi
  • Oak Lea: 18.2 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 18.2 mi
Lighthouses: 20
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cascade Falls: 12.5 mi
  • Newbury Falls: 18.4 mi
  • Rock Falls: 21.8 mi
Springs: 3
  • Quarry Spring: 14.1 mi
  • Rail Spring: 18.7 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 22.8 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Commissioners Landing: 15.1 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 24.3 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 24.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.9 miles of Marblehead Neck Wildlife Sanctuary. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Burrill HillW 269°87 m7.4 mi
Mount GileadW 269°77 m7.8 mi
Mount HermonW 272°76 m7.1 mi
Mount MoriahW 266°74 m8.1 mi
Weetamoo CliffW 273°68 m8.0 mi
Fuller HillW 268°68 m8.3 mi
Prospect HillW 275°63 m6.6 mi
Mount SpickettW 273°62 m7.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0719:4220:25
September equinox06:3118:0518:43
December solstice07:1015:2816:14

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272935455564716963524233
Precip in3.83.54.74.33.54.13.53.33.65.04.14.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Marblehead, 1 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Common Eider59 obs
  • wood anemone50 obs
  • yellow trout lily37 obs
  • Mallard35 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage33 obs
  • Common Periwinkle31 obs
  • American Herring Gull30 obs
  • Brant28 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/29690615

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