Paes Island
Marked private. Do not count on getting in.
Paes Island is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 70 m. Oak Hill stands 187 m to the west, 5.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Sarah Doublet Forest, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 5.5 miles off.
How to reach it
- 5.5 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 22.2 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 22.3 mi off the The Apple Way of Londonderry
- 27.1 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sarah Doublet Forest: 0.4 mi
- Nashoba Wetlands: 0.9 mi
- Nagog Hill Conservation Land: 0.9 mi
- Frost Corner: 1.0 mi
- Cloverdale Conservation Area: 1.2 mi
- Nagog Hill: 0.4 mi
- Speans Hill: 1.0 mi
- Quagana Hill: 1.5 mi
- Myers Hill: 1.5 mi
- Newtown Hill: 1.6 mi
- Preserved Quarry Site: 0.7 mi
- Isaac Davis Monument: 1.9 mi
- Quarry Stone: 2.0 mi
- Isaac Davis Home Site: 2.1 mi
- Prouty Woods Community Forest Memorial: 2.4 mi
- stone pile: 0.9 mi
- Old Stone Chamber: 1.8 mi
- Davies’ Pest House Foundation: 2.1 mi
- Colonel Barrett House: 4.3 mi
- Cow Tunnel: 4.4 mi
- Yapp Conservation Land Community Garden: 1.2 mi
- ABRHS Community Garden: 2.4 mi
- Flerra Meadows Community Garden Boxborough: 3.9 mi
- Colonial Herb Garden: 4.4 mi
- Stow Community Garden: 4.9 mi
- YV Art Museum: 1.5 mi
- Hosmer House Museum: 2.4 mi
- Discovery Museum: 3.3 mi
- Westford Museum: 4.8 mi
- Ralph Waldo Emerson House: 6.4 mi
- Holly Park: 1.5 mi
- Holly Park Ext.: 1.6 mi
- Long Lake Beach: 1.7 mi
- NARA Park: 1.7 mi
- Meeting House Hill: 1.8 mi
- Minute Man Statue: 5.7 mi
- Old Frog Pond Farm & Studio: 6.1 mi
- The Olympic Bell: 6.1 mi
- Chime Wall: 7.2 mi
- Amadinda: 7.2 mi
- Harvard Town Beach: 7.4 mi
- Stow Town Beach: 7.8 mi
- Thurston's Beach: 7.8 mi
- Freeman Lake Beach: 9.1 mi
- Bolton Town Beach: 9.4 mi
- Farmers Cliff: 4.6 mi
- Old Limestone Quarry: 10.2 mi
- Bloody Bluff: 10.2 mi
- Falling Rock Ridge: 11.5 mi
- Sawyer Bluff: 16.9 mi
- Family Friendly Area (Multi-use): 6.3 mi
- Picnic Area: 9.0 mi
- Picnic Area: 12.7 mi
- Picnic Site 1: 12.7 mi
- Picnic Site 2: 12.8 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 11.0 mi
- Cascades: 18.2 mi
- The Falls: 18.4 mi
- Cascade Falls: 19.4 mi
- Trap Falls: 20.1 mi
- Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 13.0 mi
- Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 20.3 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 21.8 mi
- Windham Weigh Station Northbound: 22.9 mi
- Mystery Spring: 5.0 mi
- Quarry Spring: 18.2 mi
- Haywardville: 18.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.6 miles of Paes Island. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Hill | W 273° | 187 m | 5.2 mi |
| Oak Hill | W 265° | 187 m | 5.7 mi |
| Flagg Hill | SW 220° | 139 m | 4.2 mi |
| Prospect Hill (468') | N 3° | 135 m | 4.5 mi |
| Pingry Hill | WNW 300° | 133 m | 5.6 mi |
| Rocky Hill | NW 316° | 131 m | 6.4 mi |
| Marble Hill | SW 217° | 126 m | 6.0 mi |
| Snake Meadow Hill | NNW 346° | 123 m | 6.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:21 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 19:45 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:08 | 18:45 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:31 | 16:16 |
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 | 26 | 28 | 36 | 48 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 72 | 64 | 52 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.3 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Maynard 2, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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