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Salem Forest Conservation Area

Salem Forest Conservation Area from directly overhead

Salem Forest Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 32 m. Holt Hill stands 128 m to the west-southwest, 1.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Huckleberry Lane PRD Open Space, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of North Andover Conservation Commission
Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.65488, -71.07593

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
  • Huckleberry Lane PRD Open Space: 0.7 mi
  • Molly Towne PRD Open Space: 0.7 mi
  • Foxwood PRD Open Space: 0.7 mi
  • Jerad III Planned Residential Development: 0.8 mi
  • Foxwood PRD Open Space: 0.8 mi
Peaks
  • Woodchuck Hill: 0.7 mi
  • Boston Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Claypit Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Town Farm Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Holt Hill: 1.8 mi
Historic sites
Parks
  • Sharpners Pond Park: 2.0 mi
  • Max L. Kates Memorial Field: 2.8 mi
  • North Andover Town Common: 2.8 mi
  • Beckys Pond: 2.9 mi
  • Cormier Youth Center Park: 3.0 mi
Artworks
  • Bicentennial Statue: 2.8 mi
  • Armillary Sphere: 3.0 mi
  • muster: 7.9 mi
  • Pieta: 8.8 mi
  • Wamesit Indian Statue: 9.8 mi
Museums
Beaches
Gardens
  • Davis Hayfield Pollinator Garden: 3.4 mi
  • Georgetown Community Garden: 5.3 mi
  • Trinity Church Memorial Garden: 5.8 mi
  • Andover Community Garden: 6.6 mi
  • Tewksbury Community Garden: 7.7 mi
Attractions
Cliffs: 34
  • Wildcat Ledge: 3.2 mi
  • Skull Cliff: 10.8 mi
  • Always Sunny Wall: 12.2 mi
  • The Cellar: 12.2 mi
  • Lookout Cliff: 13.2 mi
Picnic sites: 22
Rest areas: 9
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 10.1 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 10.3 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 12.1 mi
  • Windham Weigh Station Northbound: 15.9 mi
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 18.3 mi
Lighthouses: 8
Waterfalls: 6
  • Newbury Falls: 9.9 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 11.4 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 14.5 mi
  • Hampton Falls: 20.5 mi
  • Great Falls: 23.5 mi
Springs: 5
  • Rail Spring: 12.6 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 14.8 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 15.2 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 17.8 mi
  • Jailhouse Spring: 23.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.6 miles of Salem Forest Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Holt HillWSW 238°128 m1.8 mi
Mills HillWNW 304°121 m2.0 mi
Boston HillSW 235°117 m1.1 mi
Town Farm HillNNW 347°117 m1.7 mi
Claypit HillWNW 293°116 m1.3 mi
Wood HillW 270°112 m7.3 mi
Baldpate HillNE 40°107 m4.8 mi
Osgood HillNNW 335°105 m4.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:1918:57
June solstice05:0719:4320:26
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, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29859045

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