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Nobody Swamp

Nobody Swamp from directly overhead

Nobody Swamp is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 39 m. Holt Hill stands 128 m to the southwest, 4.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Whitney Woods, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 8.0 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.68466, -71.03664

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Jobs Hill: 0.5 mi
  • Bayns Hill: 0.6 mi
  • Wood Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Shaven Crown Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Bruin Hill: 1.4 mi
Historic sites
Parks
  • Johnson Field: 1.4 mi
  • Barker Property (BTA/BOLT): 2.4 mi
  • Hemlock Junction: 2.6 mi
  • Boy Scout Park: 2.9 mi
  • Boy Scout Park: 2.9 mi
Gardens
  • Davis Hayfield Pollinator Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Georgetown Community Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Trinity Church Memorial Garden: 5.0 mi
  • The Fruit Trees & Conifers: 8.2 mi
  • The Drought Tolerant Garden: 8.2 mi
Beaches
Museums
Artworks
  • Bicentennial Statue: 5.3 mi
  • Armillary Sphere: 5.6 mi
  • muster: 10.8 mi
  • Pieta: 10.9 mi
  • Sparrows: 11.3 mi
Attractions
  • The Rockery: 6.8 mi
  • Connors Farm: 7.4 mi
  • Corn Maze: 7.4 mi
  • Market Square: 12.2 mi
  • Salem Cat Museum: 13.0 mi
Cliffs: 25
Picnic sites: 20
Lighthouses: 14
Rest areas: 9
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 8.3 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 9.7 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 10.5 mi
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 15.5 mi
  • Seabrook Rest Area: 15.9 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Newbury Falls: 7.1 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 13.8 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 16.7 mi
  • Hampton Falls: 17.7 mi
  • Great Falls: 21.0 mi
Springs: 5
  • Rail Spring: 9.8 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 12.2 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 17.5 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 20.4 mi
  • Jailhouse Spring: 21.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.9 miles of Nobody Swamp. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Holt HillSW 230°128 m4.7 mi
Mills HillWSW 256°121 m3.8 mi
Town Farm HillW 262°117 m2.4 mi
Boston HillSW 227°117 m3.9 mi
Claypit HillWSW 244°116 m3.6 mi
Baldpate HillNE 34°107 m1.9 mi
Osgood HillWNW 293°105 m4.0 mi
Bayns HillNNW 336°100 m0.6 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, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29819231

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