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Salters Mill

Salters Mill from directly overhead

Salters Mill is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. Cairn Hill stands 92 m to the west-southwest, 4.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Herb Garden, a garden 0.3 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 8.4 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.47291, -71.00684

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
Peaks
  • Vinegar Hill: 0.3 mi
  • Mount Moriah: 0.8 mi
  • Fuller Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Mount Gilead: 1.4 mi
  • Breakheart Hill: 1.4 mi
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Stackpole Field: 0.4 mi
  • Stocker Playground: 1.2 mi
  • Marshview Park: 1.3 mi
  • Grandview Park: 1.3 mi
  • Bucchiere Park: 1.8 mi
Attractions
  • Lynn Woods Rose Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Steel Tower: 1.3 mi
  • Union Rock: 1.3 mi
  • Dungeon Rock: 1.4 mi
  • Echo Rock: 1.7 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
  • Major Doak A. Weston USAAF: 2.0 mi
  • Honor Roll of World War II, Korean and Vietnam Wars: 3.1 mi
  • Operation Enduring Freedom Tennis Courts: 3.1 mi
  • Paddy Heights Veterans Memorial: 3.4 mi
  • Firefighter Memorial: 3.6 mi
Beaches
Museums
Cliffs: 51
Picnic sites: 23
  • Pinetops Picnic Area: 1.8 mi
  • Pine Knoll: 12.3 mi
  • Oak Lea: 12.4 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 12.5 mi
  • Picnic Site 1: 13.6 mi
Lighthouses: 20
Rest areas: 5
  • Commissioners Landing: 8.6 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 19.3 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 22.3 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 23.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 24.2 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Cascade Falls: 4.0 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 18.3 mi
  • Rock Falls: 18.9 mi
  • Newbury Falls: 19.6 mi
Springs: 4
  • Quarry Spring: 5.6 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 18.5 mi
  • Rail Spring: 21.0 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 21.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 5.4 miles of Salters Mill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cairn HillWSW 245°92 m4.5 mi
Bear HillW 265°91 m5.1 mi
Castle RockWNW 300°87.2 m2.2 mi
Burrill HillNE 42°87 m1.6 mi
Winthrop HillW 260°84 m5.2 mi
Boojum RockWSW 240°83 m4.5 mi
Crow HillWNW 302°82.9 m2.1 mi
Taylor MountainW 260°81 m5.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0819:4320:25
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:1115:2916:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283037485867737264534334
Precip in3.93.64.94.33.84.24.03.53.94.84.05.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Reading, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29835424

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