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Shaker Glen Conservation Area

Shaker Glen Conservation Area from directly overhead

Shaker Glen Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 30 m. Whipple Hill stands 110 m to the south, 1.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Battle Road Woodlands, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 2.3 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.46366, -71.18208

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Battle Road Memorial: 0.3 mi
  • old homesite: 1.8 mi
  • Woburn Honor Roll: 1.9 mi
  • Woburn Moose Memorial: 2.2 mi
  • Cary Coovert: 2.3 mi
Peaks
Parks
  • Ryan Park: 1.0 mi
  • Gonsalves Field: 1.1 mi
  • Marvin Field: 1.3 mi
  • Johnson Park: 1.4 mi
  • West Side Field: 1.4 mi
Museums
Beaches
  • Borggaard Beach: 2.1 mi
  • Baby Beach: 7.0 mi
  • Pearce Lake Beach: 7.7 mi
  • Crystal Lake Beach: 9.6 mi
  • Revere Beach: 10.5 mi
Artworks
Gardens
  • Wildlife Habitat Garden: 2.6 mi
  • Idylwilde Community Garden: 4.1 mi
  • Winthrop Street Community Garden: 4.5 mi
  • Courtyard: 4.7 mi
  • Alex's Place: 5.1 mi
Attractions
Cliffs: 43
Picnic sites: 24
  • Picnic Site 1: 5.9 mi
  • Picnic Site 2: 6.3 mi
  • Picnic Site 3: 6.3 mi
  • Picnic Site 4: 6.3 mi
  • Valley Shelter: 6.5 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Waterfalls: 4
  • Cascade Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 12.8 mi
  • Rock Falls: 20.4 mi
  • Newbury Falls: 23.6 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Commissioners Landing: 9.2 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 17.0 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 20.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 24.3 mi
Springs: 3
  • Quarry Spring: 4.4 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 14.1 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 18.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 5.2 miles of Shaker Glen Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Whipple HillS 183°110 m1.5 mi
Loring HillWSW 238°109 m3.3 mi
Granny HillWSW 248°108 m2.1 mi
Zion HillSSE 167°107 m0.6 mi
Turkey HillSSE 168°107 m2.2 mi
Mount PisgahSE 145°105 m1.5 mi
Fullers HillSW 231°105 m4.7 mi
Robinson HillWSW 257°102 m3.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:0819:4320:26
September equinox06:3318:0718:44
December solstice07:1215:3016:15

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, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29859084

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