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Potters Farm

Potters Farm from directly overhead

Potters Farm is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 45 m. Holt Hill stands 128 m to the south-southwest, 5.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Barker Property (BTA/BOLT), a park 0.3 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 9.7 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

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BTA/BOLT
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.71149, -71.07470

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Barker Property (BTA/BOLT): 0.3 mi
  • Weir Hill Reservation: 1.9 mi
  • Washington Park: 2.6 mi
  • North Andover Town Common: 2.8 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 2.8 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Russell Hill: 0.4 mi
  • Byers Hill: 0.7 mi
  • Foster Hill: 0.7 mi
  • Austin Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Carter Hill: 1.4 mi
Historic sites
Beaches
Museums
Gardens
  • Georgetown Community Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Davis Hayfield Pollinator Garden: 4.8 mi
  • Andover Community Garden: 7.5 mi
  • Trinity Church Memorial Garden: 7.7 mi
  • The Fruit Trees & Conifers: 8.9 mi
Artworks
  • Bicentennial Statue: 5.1 mi
  • Armillary Sphere: 5.4 mi
  • Pieta: 9.6 mi
  • muster: 10.9 mi
  • Wamesit Indian Statue: 11.4 mi
Attractions
  • The Rockery: 9.4 mi
  • Corn Maze: 9.5 mi
  • Connors Farm: 10.1 mi
  • Kiddie Canoes: 10.4 mi
  • Policy Pond Log Flume: 10.4 mi
Cliffs: 24
Picnic sites: 24
Rest areas: 9
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 6.4 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 8.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 8.3 mi
  • Windham Weigh Station Northbound: 13.3 mi
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 15.1 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • Newbury Falls: 7.9 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 12.7 mi
  • Hampton Falls: 17.2 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 18.4 mi
  • Great Falls: 19.8 mi
Springs: 5
  • Rail Spring: 10.7 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 11.3 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 19.1 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 19.4 mi
  • Jailhouse Spring: 20.0 mi
Lighthouses: 2
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.4 miles of Potters Farm. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Holt HillSSW 198°128 m5.1 mi
Mills HillSSW 212°121 m3.3 mi
Town Farm HillSSW 191°117 m2.3 mi
Boston HillSSW 192°117 m4.6 mi
Claypit HillSSW 201°116 m3.6 mi
Baldpate HillE 95°107 m3.0 mi
Osgood HillW 259°105 m1.8 mi
Reservoir HillWNW 300°105 m5.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:1918:57
June solstice05:0719:4420:27
September equinox06:3218:0618:44
December solstice07:1215:2816:14

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485867737264524233
Precip in2.92.43.43.63.44.03.53.03.74.13.53.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lawrence Muni AP, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/993522919

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