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Riserva Naturale Regionale Macchiatonda

Riserva Naturale Regionale Macchiatonda from directly overhead

Riserva Naturale Regionale Macchiatonda is a nature reserve, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Monte Acqua Tosta stands 522 m to the north, 5.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Spiaggia di Santa Severa, a beach 1.5 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Built
1983
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Regione Lazio, Parchi e Riserve naturali

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.00171, 11.99291
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Temple B: 1.8 mi
  • Temple A: 1.8 mi
  • Resti della Porta Alsium: 2.0 mi
  • Resti della Porta Aurelia: 2.0 mi
  • Area archaelologica del Castrum Romano di Pyrgi: 2.0 mi
Peaks
  • Monte Bischero: 2.0 mi
  • Monte Lungo: 2.8 mi
  • Monte Bello: 3.0 mi
  • Monte Lungo: 3.1 mi
  • Monte Solferata: 3.1 mi
Parks
  • Parco dei Tirreni: 2.9 mi
  • Centro anziani: 3.2 mi
  • Parco Viale Fregene: 3.3 mi
  • Parco Viale Eufronius: 3.4 mi
  • Parco Via Mantova: 3.5 mi
Artworks: 60
Museums: 55
Attractions: 39
Springs: 36
  • Fonte del Riccio: 6.8 mi
  • Fontanile di Baccalà: 7.0 mi
  • Fontanile delle Zinne: 7.0 mi
  • Fonte: 7.6 mi
  • Fontanile della Nocchia: 7.8 mi
Gardens: 30
Nature reserves: 29
Beaches: 28
  • Spiaggia di Santa Severa: 1.5 mi
  • Spiaggia Santa Severa: 1.6 mi
  • Il Marinaio: 2.3 mi
  • Stabilimento Balneare Bartolini: 2.5 mi
  • spiaggia libera: 2.8 mi
Waterfalls: 16
  • Cascatella Fosso del Norcino: 4.3 mi
  • Cascata dell'Arenile: 7.3 mi
  • Cascata di Castel Giuliano: 7.3 mi
  • Cascata Braccio di Mare: 7.3 mi
  • Cascata del Moro: 7.4 mi
Picnic sites: 13
  • Tavoli e area barbeque: 11.3 mi
  • Bosco San Celso: 12.2 mi
  • Comunali Macchiosi: 12.3 mi
  • Spiaggia San Celso: 12.3 mi
  • Mola del Biscione: 12.7 mi
Cliffs: 8
  • Grotta di tufo: 7.6 mi
  • Freddara: 9.9 mi
  • Paolaccio: 9.9 mi
  • Greppa dei falchi: 10.0 mi
  • Cava del Moro: 11.4 mi
Hot springs: 2
  • Solfatara Diosilla: 10.2 mi
  • Sorgente Solfurea: 12.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.0 miles of Riserva Naturale Regionale Macchiatonda. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Monte Acqua TostaN 1°522 m5.8 mi
Monte PalareseNNE 14°499 m5.5 mi
Monte S. AnsinoN 358°495 m4.9 mi
Monte AscettaNNE 22°481 m5.6 mi
Monte IanniN 350°434 m6.9 mi
Monte santoNE 43°430 m4.4 mi
Le Cesarellle IN 5°420 m6.6 mi
Le Cesarellle IIN 7°410 m6.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:1717:4718:24
June solstice05:3720:0920:52
September equinox07:0018:3519:12
December solstice07:3715:5916:44

Local time (Europe/Rome).

Wildlife nearby
  • Italian Wall Lizard12 obs
  • Sea Daffodil11 obs
  • Northern Wheatear10 obs
  • European Stonechat9 obs
  • Noah's Ark shell9 obs
  • Western Marsh Harrier8 obs
  • Red Kite8 obs
  • Borage8 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/463249657

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