Wilmington Gardens Wildlife Preserve
Marked private. Do not count on getting in.
Wilmington Gardens Wildlife Preserve is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 36 m. Whipple Hill stands 110 m to the south, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Ipswich Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 6.4 miles off.
How to reach it
- 6.4 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 14.4 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 19.6 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
- 23.0 mi off the The Apple Way of Londonderry
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 14 mi
- Wildlife Viewing Platform · 23 mi
- Eagle Rock · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Veterans Memorial Park: 0.7 mi
- Rotary Park: 1.3 mi
- Town Park: 1.4 mi
- Rahanis Playground: 1.5 mi
- Swain Green: 1.8 mi
- Burlington Public Museum: 2.2 mi
- Wilmington Town Museum: 3.7 mi
- Job Lane Farm Museum: 5.0 mi
- Woburn Municipal Waterworks Museum: 5.3 mi
- Boston & Maine Railroad Freight House: 5.6 mi
- Baldwin Green: 2.9 mi
- muster: 3.0 mi
- Buddha Statue: 5.2 mi
- The Patriot: 5.4 mi
- Dance Rhythm: 5.6 mi
- Wood Hill: 0.7 mi
- Pine Hill: 1.9 mi
- Peach Orchard Hill: 2.1 mi
- Greenleaf Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Snake Hill: 3.1 mi
- Baby Beach: 2.0 mi
- Borggaard Beach: 6.2 mi
- Pearce Lake Beach: 8.4 mi
- Stevens Pond Beach: 11.4 mi
- American Legion Beach: 11.4 mi
- Two Brothers stones for 1638 boundary - Winthrop: 6.1 mi
- Two Brothers stones for 1638 boundary - Dudley: 6.1 mi
- RR Semaphore: 6.5 mi
- Whistle Post: 6.9 mi
- Bowman Tavern: 7.3 mi
- Baldwin Apple Monument: 0.7 mi
- Rotary Park: 1.3 mi
- Shawsheen River Aqueduct: 2.6 mi
- foundation and well: 3.5 mi
- Middlesex Canal Crossing: 3.6 mi
- Ipswich Conservation Area: 0.3 mi
- Murray Hill Open Space: 0.5 mi
- Kylie Estates Open Space: 0.8 mi
- Sawmill Brook Conservation Area: 0.9 mi
- Lubbers Brook Conservation Area: 0.9 mi
- Courtyard: 4.3 mi
- Tewksbury Community Garden: 4.9 mi
- Wildflower Meadows: 5.2 mi
- Bedford Garden Club: 5.3 mi
- The Kindness Rocks Project: 5.5 mi
- Bloody Bluff: 7.2 mi
- Lookout Cliff: 7.8 mi
- Crag 1: 8.8 mi
- Farmers Cliff: 9.7 mi
- Skull Cliff: 9.7 mi
- Pinetops Picnic Area: 8.6 mi
- Picnic Site 1: 10.2 mi
- Picnic Site 2: 10.6 mi
- Family Friendly Area (Multi-use): 10.6 mi
- Picnic Site 3: 10.6 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 13.7 mi
- Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 15.2 mi
- Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 19.6 mi
- Windham Weigh Station Northbound: 20.5 mi
- Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 21.8 mi
- Quarry Spring: 8.2 mi
- Mystery Spring: 11.6 mi
- Rail Spring: 22.3 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 23.5 mi
- Lion's Spring: 24.7 mi
- Boathouse: 20.9 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 20.9 mi
- Oil Shed: 21.0 mi
- Rainshed: 21.0 mi
- Boston Light: 21.0 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 8.4 mi
- Cascade Falls: 8.5 mi
- Newbury Falls: 19.8 mi
- Haywardville: 7.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.4 miles of Wilmington Gardens Wildlife Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whipple Hill | S 177° | 110 m | 6.5 mi |
| Loring Hill | SSW 199° | 109 m | 7.1 mi |
| Granny Hill | SSW 195° | 108 m | 6.0 mi |
| Zion Hill | S 175° | 107 m | 5.6 mi |
| Turkey Hill | S 173° | 107 m | 7.2 mi |
| Ames Hill | NNW 344° | 106 m | 7.0 mi |
| Mount Pisgah | SSE 169° | 105 m | 6.4 mi |
| Hemlock Hill | W 276° | 105 m | 6.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:44 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:07 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:29 | 16:15 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 30 | 37 | 48 | 58 | 67 | 73 | 72 | 64 | 53 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Reading, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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