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Well #1

Well #1 from directly overhead

Well #1 is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 8 m. Town Farm Hill stands 117 m to the south-southwest, 5.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Center Street Greenway, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 8.2 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.75142, -71.03578

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
  • Center Street Greenway: 0.3 mi
  • Johnson's Creek Conservation Area: 0.3 mi
  • Mill Pond Conservation Area: 0.8 mi
  • Pond St. Conservation Area: 1.1 mi
  • Meadow Pond Reservation: 1.2 mi
Parks
  • Shanahan Field: 0.3 mi
  • Riverside Park: 0.7 mi
  • Washington Park: 0.8 mi
  • Perry Park: 1.0 mi
  • Alfred Park: 2.0 mi
Peaks
  • Mount Perry: 0.9 mi
  • Dead Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Golden Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Bear Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Crow Hill: 2.3 mi
Historic sites
  • Powder House: 1.8 mi
  • Korean War Memorial: 2.8 mi
  • WW2 Memorial: 2.8 mi
  • Barker Barn Foundation: 3.8 mi
  • Wolf Pit: 4.2 mi
Museums
Gardens
  • Georgetown Community Garden: 2.6 mi
  • The Fruit Trees & Conifers: 6.3 mi
  • The White Border: 6.3 mi
  • The Hosta Garden: 6.3 mi
  • Daylily Borders: 6.3 mi
Beaches
Artworks
  • Bicentennial Statue: 8.5 mi
  • Sparrows: 8.6 mi
  • Clyde: 8.7 mi
  • Eclipse: 8.7 mi
  • Armillary Sphere: 8.8 mi
Attractions
  • Corn Maze: 8.6 mi
  • Market Square: 9.4 mi
  • The Rockery: 9.9 mi
  • America's Stonehenge: 10.7 mi
  • Connors Farm: 11.1 mi
Cliffs: 21
  • Wildcat Ledge: 4.7 mi
  • Great Neck: 12.1 mi
  • Sheep's Rock: 12.5 mi
  • Bar Head Cliff: 13.8 mi
  • Coastal Bank Bluff: 13.9 mi
Lighthouses: 14
Picnic sites: 13
Waterfalls: 12
  • Newbury Falls: 5.4 mi
  • Hampton Falls: 13.8 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 15.8 mi
  • Great Falls: 16.5 mi
  • Lower Falls: 16.6 mi
Rest areas: 8
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 3.9 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 5.1 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 9.4 mi
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 11.7 mi
  • Seabrook Rest Area: 12.1 mi
Springs: 5
  • Lion's Spring: 7.9 mi
  • Rail Spring: 8.2 mi
  • Jailhouse Spring: 16.8 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 22.1 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 22.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.4 miles of Well #1. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Town Farm HillSSW 206°117 m5.5 mi
Baldpate HillSSE 161°107 m3.2 mi
Osgood HillSW 230°105 m4.8 mi
Bayns HillS 184°100 m4.1 mi
Byers HillSW 226°99 m3.6 mi
Shaven Crown HillS 174°98 m3.4 mi
Ayers HillNNW 343°97 m4.0 mi
Woodchuck HillSSW 200°96 m6.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0719:4420:27
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:1215:2816:14

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, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29830082

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