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Wildcat Conservation Area

Wildcat Conservation Area from directly overhead

Wildcat Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 41 m. Holt Hill stands 128 m to the southwest, 5.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Wildcat Ledge, a cliff 0.2 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 7.6 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.68548, -71.02818

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Historic sites
Peaks
  • Jobs Hill: 0.7 mi
  • Bayns Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Shaven Crown Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Wood Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Baldpate Hill: 1.7 mi
Parks
  • Johnson Field: 1.0 mi
  • Hemlock Junction: 2.2 mi
  • Boy Scout Park: 2.6 mi
  • Boy Scout Park: 2.7 mi
  • Barker Property (BTA/BOLT): 2.7 mi
Gardens
  • Davis Hayfield Pollinator Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Georgetown Community Garden: 2.3 mi
  • Trinity Church Memorial Garden: 4.8 mi
  • The Fruit Trees & Conifers: 7.8 mi
  • The Drought Tolerant Garden: 7.8 mi
Beaches
Museums
Artworks
  • Bicentennial Statue: 5.8 mi
  • Armillary Sphere: 6.0 mi
  • Sparrows: 11.0 mi
  • Clyde: 11.1 mi
  • muster: 11.1 mi
Attractions
  • The Rockery: 6.4 mi
  • Corn Maze: 7.0 mi
  • Connors Farm: 7.1 mi
  • Market Square: 11.8 mi
  • Salem Cat Museum: 12.8 mi
Cliffs: 25
Picnic sites: 20
Lighthouses: 14
Rest areas: 9
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 8.4 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 9.6 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 10.9 mi
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 15.3 mi
  • Seabrook Rest Area: 15.7 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Newbury Falls: 6.7 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 14.3 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 16.8 mi
  • Hampton Falls: 17.5 mi
  • Great Falls: 20.9 mi
Springs: 5
  • Rail Spring: 9.4 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 12.1 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 17.7 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 20.8 mi
  • Jailhouse Spring: 21.2 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.9 miles of Wildcat Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Holt HillSW 232°128 m5.0 mi
Mills HillWSW 257°121 m4.2 mi
Town Farm HillW 262°117 m2.8 mi
Boston HillSW 230°117 m4.3 mi
Claypit HillWSW 246°116 m4.0 mi
Baldpate HillNNE 23°107 m1.7 mi
Osgood HillWNW 290°105 m4.4 mi
Bayns HillNW 307°100 m0.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0719:4320:26
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, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29744903

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