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Walker

Walker from directly overhead

Walker is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 17 m. Baldpate Hill stands 107 m to the southwest, 6.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Indian Hill Conservation Area (Indian Hill Farm Reservation), a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 4.0 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Essex County Greenbelt Association
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.78032, -70.94513

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Indian Hill: 0.3 mi
  • Isleys Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Archelaus Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Crane Neck Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Turkey Hill: 1.7 mi
Gardens
  • Daylily Borders: 2.2 mi
  • The White Border: 2.2 mi
  • The Hosta Garden: 2.2 mi
  • The Island Bed: 2.2 mi
  • The Heather Border: 2.2 mi
Parks
  • Central Street Recreation & Natural Resource Area: 2.4 mi
  • Woodman Park: 2.6 mi
  • Cherry Hill Soccer Fields: 2.9 mi
  • Maudslay State Park: 3.3 mi
  • Ferry Park: 3.3 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Sparrows: 3.6 mi
  • Clyde: 3.7 mi
  • Eclipse: 3.7 mi
  • Torrential Flight: 3.8 mi
  • Will He.: 3.9 mi
Museums
Attractions
  • Market Square: 4.4 mi
  • Captain's Fishing Parties: 6.8 mi
  • Corn Maze: 7.1 mi
  • The Rockery: 10.0 mi
  • Al Gauron Fishing & Whale Watching: 10.5 mi
Beaches
  • Plum Island Beach: 7.0 mi
  • Plum Island Beach: 7.3 mi
  • Hood Pond Community Beach: 7.7 mi
  • Salisbury Beach: 7.9 mi
  • The Knobbs: 8.2 mi
Cliffs: 20
  • Sheep's Rock: 7.7 mi
  • Wildcat Ledge: 7.9 mi
  • Great Neck: 8.8 mi
  • Bar Head Cliff: 10.3 mi
  • Coastal Bank Bluff: 10.6 mi
Lighthouses: 17
Picnic sites: 14
Waterfalls: 12
  • Newbury Falls: 2.2 mi
  • Hampton Falls: 9.8 mi
  • Great Falls: 13.9 mi
  • Lower Falls: 13.9 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 20.7 mi
Rest areas: 8
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 4.5 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 6.1 mi
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 7.5 mi
  • Seabrook Rest Area: 7.9 mi
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 11.5 mi
Springs: 3
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.4 miles of Walker. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Baldpate HillSW 215°107 m6.1 mi
Powow HillN 4°99 m5.9 mi
Ayers HillWNW 288°97 m6.0 mi
Red Oak HillNW 317°93 m6.0 mi
Red Oak HillNW 315°93 m6.0 mi
Corliss HillWNW 297°84 m6.2 mi
Long HillNW 317°81 m5.4 mi
Ring HillNNW 343°80.72 m6.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0619:4320:26
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:1215:2716:13

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262936475767727163514132
Precip in3.73.64.94.23.84.23.63.44.14.93.94.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Groveland, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1020173753

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