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Thacher Island National Wildlife Refuge

Thacher Island National Wildlife Refuge from directly overhead

Thacher Island National Wildlife Refuge is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 9 m. Mount Ann stands 78 m to the west-southwest, 8.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Cape Ann Light (Twin Lights), a lighthouse less than a tenth of a mile away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 5.5 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
United States Fish and Wildlife Service

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.63927, -70.57462

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Beaches
Peaks
  • High Rock: 1.9 mi
  • Great Hill: 2.9 mi
  • Nugent Boulders: 3.3 mi
  • Pool Hill: 3.3 mi
  • Pigeon Hill: 3.6 mi
Parks
  • Old Garden Beach: 2.2 mi
  • The Headlands: 2.3 mi
  • Star Island Park: 2.4 mi
  • Harvey Park: 2.5 mi
  • Barletta Park: 2.5 mi
Attractions
  • Motif #1: 2.5 mi
  • Peter's Pulpit: 3.8 mi
  • Whale's Jaw: 3.8 mi
  • The Paper House: 3.8 mi
  • Prosperity Follows Service: 3.9 mi
Historic sites
Museums: 55
Gardens: 42
  • Cold Frames: 10.8 mi
  • Formal Garden: 10.9 mi
  • Rose Garden: 11.0 mi
  • Bushee Garden: 16.5 mi
  • Salem Community Gardens: 18.2 mi
Artworks: 36
Cliffs: 17
Lighthouses: 14
Springs: 2
  • Rail Spring: 17.5 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 24.8 mi
Waterfalls: 2
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.4 miles of Thacher Island National Wildlife Refuge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount AnnWSW 256°78 m8.1 mi
Red RockWSW 259°70 m7.9 mi
Pool HillWNW 292°66 m3.3 mi
Morse HillWSW 255°62 m9.7 mi
Pigeon HillNW 310°61 m3.6 mi
Browns HillW 263°61 m14.0 mi
Long HillWSW 247°60 m9.2 mi
Eveleth HillW 266°57 m12.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4718:1718:55
June solstice05:0519:4120:24
September equinox06:3018:0418:42
December solstice07:1015:2716:12

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272835455564706962514133
Precip in3.73.64.64.23.54.03.43.43.85.04.04.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Beverly, 14 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Semipalmated Plover28 obs
  • Great Black-backed Gull26 obs
  • Common Eider23 obs
  • American Herring Gull23 obs
  • Harlequin Duck22 obs
  • wild geranium21 obs
  • Hermit Thrush20 obs
  • White-tailed Deer20 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1337789759

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