Nature reserve · Massachusetts
Pinevale
Pinevale is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 29 m. Zion Hill stands 107 m to the southwest, 5.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Washington Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 7.3 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
Coordinates42.51633, -71.10674
- 7.3 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 11.7 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 17.2 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
- 26.1 mi off the The Apple Way of Londonderry
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 12 mi
- Eagle Rock · 21 mi
- Wildlife Viewing Platform · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Washington Park: 0.3 mi
- Elm Park: 0.4 mi
- Leach Park: 0.4 mi
- Town Common: 0.7 mi
- Hunt Memorial Park: 0.8 mi
Peaks
- Scotland Hill: 0.4 mi
- Long Woods Hills: 0.5 mi
- Bear Hill: 0.7 mi
- Dobbins Hill: 1.0 mi
- Cowdry Hill: 1.1 mi
Nature reserves
- Thelin Bird Sanctuary: 1.1 mi
- Maillet Conservation Area: 1.1 mi
- Longwood Conservation Area: 1.2 mi
- Willow Street: 1.2 mi
- Town Conservation Land: 1.3 mi
Museums
- Wakefield History Museum: 1.4 mi
- Woburn Municipal Waterworks Museum: 4.3 mi
- Burlington Public Museum: 4.6 mi
- Wilmington Town Museum: 4.8 mi
- Medford Historical Society: 6.7 mi
Historic sites
- Better Homes and Gardens 1950 Achievement Award: 1.7 mi
- Floral Way: 1.8 mi
- Paddy Heights Veterans Memorial: 2.5 mi
- Woburn Moose Memorial: 3.3 mi
- Woburn Honor Roll: 3.5 mi
Artworks
- Baldwin Green: 2.8 mi
- Rock spiral: 5.7 mi
- Orange Dinosaur: 6.1 mi
- muster: 6.2 mi
- My Boys: 7.4 mi
Beaches
- Pearce Lake Beach: 4.0 mi
- Borggaard Beach: 4.7 mi
- Baby Beach: 5.3 mi
- Revere Beach: 8.9 mi
- Revere Beach: 9.3 mi
Attractions
- Stone Chimney: 4.3 mi
- Pickerel Rock: 4.7 mi
- 1899 MIT Observatory site: 5.3 mi
- Steel Tower: 6.1 mi
- Echo Rock: 6.3 mi
Gardens
- Herb Garden: 6.0 mi
- Sylvester Baxter Delta: 6.1 mi
- Malden Youth Community Garden: 6.5 mi
- Winthrop Street Community Garden: 6.8 mi
- Wildlife Habitat Garden: 7.4 mi
Cliffs: 47
- Lookout Cliff: 4.0 mi
- Skull Cliff: 5.3 mi
- Crag 1: 5.5 mi
- The Cellar: 6.4 mi
- Always Sunny Wall: 6.8 mi
Picnic sites: 23
- Pinetops Picnic Area: 4.2 mi
- Picnic Area: 10.9 mi
- Picnic Site 1: 11.1 mi
- Picnic Table: 11.2 mi
- Picnic Site 2: 11.5 mi
Lighthouses: 8
- Boathouse: 17.0 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 17.0 mi
- Oil Shed: 17.1 mi
- Rainshed: 17.1 mi
- Boston Light: 17.1 mi
Rest areas: 6
- Commissioners Landing: 11.0 mi
- Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 17.5 mi
- Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 20.0 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 20.8 mi
- Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 21.7 mi
Springs: 5
- Quarry Spring: 5.6 mi
- Mystery Spring: 16.1 mi
- Rail Spring: 20.6 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 21.3 mi
- Lion's Spring: 24.4 mi
Waterfalls: 4
- Cascade Falls: 5.1 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 12.4 mi
- Newbury Falls: 18.5 mi
- Rock Falls: 22.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
- Haywardville: 3.7 mi
- Dogtown: 24.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 5.8 miles of Pinevale. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zion Hill | SW 221° | 107 m | 5.6 mi |
| Mount Pisgah | SSW 211° | 105 m | 5.7 mi |
| Cairn Hill | SSE 168° | 92 m | 5.0 mi |
| Bear Hill | S 180° | 91 m | 3.5 mi |
| Greenleaf Mountain | WSW 250° | 89 m | 4.8 mi |
| Whispering Hill | SW 234° | 88 m | 5.2 mi |
| Castle Rock | ESE 121° | 87.2 m | 3.7 mi |
| Horn Pond Mountain | SW 214° | 86 m | 4.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:43 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:07 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:29 | 16:15 |
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 | 28 | 30 | 37 | 48 | 58 | 67 | 73 | 72 | 64 | 53 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Reading, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29861616
Day trips start here
- Reading · 1 mi
- Wakefield · 2 mi
- Stoneham · 3 mi
- Woburn · 3 mi
- North Reading · 4 mi
- Wilmington · 4 mi
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