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Sea Plane Basin

Sea Plane Basin from directly overhead

Sea Plane Basin is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Cairn Hill stands 92 m to the west, 3.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Grand View Ave Mini Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 7.2 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.43843, -71.01096

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Grand View Ave Mini Park: 0.5 mi
  • Lt. John Jones Memorial Park: 0.6 mi
  • Hawkridge Delta: 0.9 mi
  • Griswold Park: 0.9 mi
  • Bucchiere Park: 1.1 mi
Peaks
  • Baker Hill: 0.7 mi
  • Nanny Goat Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Mount Hood: 1.4 mi
  • High Rock: 1.7 mi
  • Fennos Hill: 2.1 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks
Historic sites
Beaches
Gardens
Attractions
  • CCUS (Christian congregation): 2.8 mi
  • Lynn Woods Rose Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Hikmat home: 3.1 mi
  • Union Rock: 3.4 mi
  • Dungeon Rock: 3.4 mi
Museums
Cliffs: 52
Picnic sites: 23
  • Pinetops Picnic Area: 3.8 mi
  • Pine Knoll: 10.0 mi
  • Oak Lea: 10.1 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 10.2 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 11.6 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Waterfalls: 4
  • Cascade Falls: 3.4 mi
  • Rock Falls: 16.5 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 19.7 mi
  • Newbury Falls: 21.9 mi
Springs: 4
  • Quarry Spring: 4.8 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 16.1 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 22.6 mi
  • Rail Spring: 23.4 mi
Rest areas: 3
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 5.0 miles of Sea Plane Basin. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cairn HillW 277°92 m3.9 mi
Castle RockNNW 334°87.2 m3.9 mi
Burrill HillNNE 20°87 m3.8 mi
Boojum RockW 271°83 m3.7 mi
Crow HillNNW 336°82.9 m3.9 mi
Mount HoodNW 310°79 m1.4 mi
Whip HillWNW 294°79 m4.2 mi
Mount GileadNNE 14°77 m3.7 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 °F303238495868747366554536
Precip in3.43.24.23.63.23.93.33.23.64.03.74.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boston, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29818463

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