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Scout Island

Scout Island from directly overhead

Scout Island is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 37 m. Prospect Hill stands 135 m to the east-southeast, 5.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Misery, a peak 0.6 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 2.3 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

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Coordinates42.42615, -71.35567

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Gardens
Attractions
  • Emerson's Cliff: 1.1 mi
  • Thoreau Cabin site: 1.3 mi
  • Thoreau Bean Field: 1.4 mi
  • Captain Miles House: 1.5 mi
  • Ayshire Horse Farm: 1.7 mi
Parks
  • Oxbow Meadows: 1.2 mi
  • Deborah Birt Memorial Park Lincoln Woods: 1.6 mi
  • Codman Community Farm: 1.6 mi
  • Sculpture park: 1.7 mi
  • Peace Garden: 1.8 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Archadian Gyro: 2.2 mi
  • Last Out: 2.2 mi
  • Little Red Riding Hood and Other Stories: 2.2 mi
  • Ferma: 2.2 mi
  • Dream World: 2.2 mi
Beaches
  • Stow Town Beach: 7.5 mi
  • Morses Pond Beach: 9.2 mi
  • Memorial Beach: 9.6 mi
  • Centennial Beach: 9.8 mi
  • Learned Pond Beach: 10.1 mi
Cliffs: 43
Picnic sites: 22
  • Picnic Site 2: 5.6 mi
  • Picnic Site 3: 5.6 mi
  • Picnic Site 1: 5.7 mi
  • Picnic Site 4: 5.7 mi
  • Picnic Site 6: 5.8 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Waterfalls: 4
  • Wamesit Falls: 14.3 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 14.3 mi
  • Rock Falls: 23.9 mi
  • Cascades: 24.3 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Commissioners Landing: 15.2 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 17.6 mi
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 18.8 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 23.8 mi
Springs: 3
  • Mystery Spring: 11.0 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 12.8 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 21.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.6 miles of Scout Island. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Prospect HillESE 116°135 m5.8 mi
Little ProspectESE 119°133 m5.9 mi
Tippling RockSW 222°125 m6.6 mi
Reeves HillS 177°122 m5.6 mi
Goodman HillSW 216°119 m4.4 mi
Annursnac HillNNW 331°110 m4.1 mi
Great HillWNW 300°109 m5.8 mi
Loring HillE 82°109 m6.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:0919:4420:27
September equinox06:3318:0818:45
December solstice07:1215:3116:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F282937495968747264524233
Precip in2.92.73.83.83.43.73.53.53.54.23.73.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bedford Hanscom FLD, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/131936848

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