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Sacred Heart Reservation

Sacred Heart Reservation from directly overhead

Sacred Heart Reservation is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 9 m. Holt Hill stands 128 m to the southeast, 2.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Lanam Club Green Area, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.66810, -71.14534

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
  • Lanam Club Green Area: 0.1 mi
  • Castle Park Reservation: 0.3 mi
  • High Street Green Area: 0.3 mi
  • Husseys Brook Reservation: 0.6 mi
  • Shawsheen Road Reservation: 0.7 mi
Parks
  • Upper Shawsheen Field: 0.1 mi
  • Lower Shawsheen Field: 0.2 mi
  • Joyce Terrace: 0.3 mi
  • Wood Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
  • Indian Ridge Park: 0.8 mi
Peaks
  • Carmel Hill: 0.5 mi
  • Den Rock: 0.9 mi
  • Pine Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Mills Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Claypit Hill: 2.4 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Artworks
  • Bicentennial Statue: 1.5 mi
  • Armillary Sphere: 1.6 mi
  • Pieta: 5.3 mi
  • muster: 6.6 mi
  • Wamesit Indian Statue: 6.8 mi
Beaches
Gardens
  • Andover Community Garden: 3.1 mi
  • Tewksbury Community Garden: 5.5 mi
  • Wildflower Meadows: 5.8 mi
  • Davis Hayfield Pollinator Garden: 6.9 mi
  • Georgetown Community Garden: 7.4 mi
Attractions
Cliffs: 28
Picnic sites: 19
Rest areas: 9
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 7.1 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 10.3 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 12.7 mi
  • Windham Weigh Station Northbound: 13.0 mi
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 19.7 mi
Waterfalls: 8
  • Wamesit Falls: 8.2 mi
  • Newbury Falls: 12.4 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 15.8 mi
  • Hampton Falls: 21.8 mi
  • Wildcat Falls: 22.4 mi
Springs: 5
  • Mystery Spring: 14.8 mi
  • Rail Spring: 15.1 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 15.7 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 16.2 mi
  • Jailhouse Spring: 24.1 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Lighthouses: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.4 miles of Sacred Heart Reservation. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Holt HillSE 133°128 m2.7 mi
Mills HillE 83°121 m1.8 mi
Poplar HillNW 310°118 m7.3 mi
Boston HillESE 120°117 m3.1 mi
Town Farm HillENE 76°117 m3.2 mi
Claypit HillE 100°116 m2.4 mi
Gage HillNW 306°113 m8.4 mi
Wood HillWSW 256°112 m3.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:0719:4420:27
September equinox06:3318:0718:44
December solstice07:1215:2916:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937495968747365534333
Precip in4.23.84.74.13.84.13.73.73.94.73.84.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lawrence, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/806150110

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