Sewall Woods
Sewall Woods is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 38 m. Cairn Hill stands 92 m to the south-southwest, 1.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Lookout Cliff, a cliff 0.1 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 5.2 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 5.2 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 7.9 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 18.4 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 8 mi
- Eagle Rock · 22 mi
- Wildlife Viewing Platform · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Warren Street Park: 0.3 mi
- Bowden Park: 0.4 mi
- Whip Hill Park: 0.4 mi
- Gooch Park: 0.5 mi
- Dunton Park: 0.6 mi
- Woodland Avenue Open Space: 0.5 mi
- Greenwood Street Open Space: 0.5 mi
- West Hill Terrace: 0.6 mi
- Ferdinand Woods: 0.6 mi
- Town Conservation Land: 0.9 mi
- High Rock: 0.6 mi
- Whip Hill: 0.7 mi
- Wamoset Hill: 0.7 mi
- Candle Hill: 0.9 mi
- Melrose Rock: 1.1 mi
- Honor Roll of World War II, Korean and Vietnam Wars: 0.7 mi
- Virginia Wood: 0.9 mi
- Firefighter Memorial: 1.8 mi
- Major Doak A. Weston USAAF: 2.2 mi
- Silver mine: 2.2 mi
- Stone Chimney: 1.0 mi
- 1899 MIT Observatory site: 1.7 mi
- Pickerel Rock: 1.8 mi
- Hikmat home: 4.0 mi
- Lynn Woods Rose Garden: 4.5 mi
- Sylvester Baxter Delta: 2.4 mi
- Malden Youth Community Garden: 2.6 mi
- Herb Garden: 3.3 mi
- Winthrop Street Community Garden: 3.9 mi
- Alex's Place: 4.6 mi
- Orange Dinosaur: 2.6 mi
- Rock spiral: 2.7 mi
- Mystic Musical Fence: 4.4 mi
- Jumbo Statue: 4.6 mi
- The Cannon: 4.6 mi
- Pearce Lake Beach: 2.7 mi
- Borggaard Beach: 3.6 mi
- Revere Beach: 5.3 mi
- Revere Beach: 5.6 mi
- Short Beach: 6.9 mi
- Wakefield History Museum: 2.9 mi
- Medford Historical Society: 3.7 mi
- Woburn Municipal Waterworks Museum: 4.1 mi
- Bellingham-Cary House: 5.1 mi
- Cyrus Dallin Art Museum: 5.2 mi
- Lookout Cliff: 0.1 mi
- Crag 1: 1.7 mi
- Skull Cliff: 4.7 mi
- The Cellar: 4.8 mi
- Always Sunny Wall: 5.3 mi
- Pinetops Picnic Area: 2.8 mi
- Picnic Site 1: 10.2 mi
- Picnic Site 2: 10.6 mi
- Picnic Site 4: 10.6 mi
- Picnic Site 3: 10.6 mi
- Boathouse: 13.2 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 13.2 mi
- Oil Shed: 13.2 mi
- Rainshed: 13.3 mi
- Boston Light: 13.3 mi
- Cascade Falls: 1.3 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 16.1 mi
- Rock Falls: 18.6 mi
- Newbury Falls: 21.1 mi
- Quarry Spring: 2.5 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 17.6 mi
- Mystery Spring: 19.0 mi
- Rail Spring: 22.9 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 7.3 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 17.6 mi
- Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 21.5 mi
- Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 23.5 mi
- Haywardville: 0.9 mi
- Dogtown: 24.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 4.6 miles of Sewall Woods. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cairn Hill | SSW 206° | 92 m | 1.5 mi |
| Bear Hill | W 274° | 91 m | 1.7 mi |
| Castle Rock | NE 41° | 87.2 m | 2.2 mi |
| Horn Pond Mountain | W 266° | 86 m | 4.3 mi |
| Winthrop Hill | W 260° | 84 m | 1.7 mi |
| Boojum Rock | SSW 197° | 83 m | 1.8 mi |
| Crow Hill | NE 42° | 82.9 m | 2.4 mi |
| Taylor Mountain | W 261° | 81 m | 1.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:19 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:43 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:06 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:29 | 16:15 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 30 | 37 | 48 | 58 | 67 | 73 | 72 | 64 | 53 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Reading, 5 mi away.
- Ghost Pipe501 obs
- striped wintergreen495 obs
- birch polypore431 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle420 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee359 obs
- Winter Firefly357 obs
- mapleleaf viburnum342 obs
- Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth318 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/29830314
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