Camp Pinehurst
Campground
Campground · 0.6 mi from the trail
Massachusetts · Bouldering · Gloucester · Near Newburyport
Chain Reaction
- V8
- grade
- Bouldering Pads
- style
- Apr–Oct
- best months
The hardest problem catalogued at Pizza Boulder, with seven other climbs graded V2 through V7 also established at the crag. First ascent by Pete Otis.
Around this trail
Add any of these when you start a tripSleep close Eat after J. T. Farnhams
Restaurant
On your way back · 1 mi
If it rainsJohn Phelan, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsEssex Shipbuilding Museum
Museum
On your way back · 2 miMaritime museum in Essex, Massachusetts
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors · Photos: John Phelan, CC BY-SA 4.0 (commons)
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Best time to visit Chain Reaction
Best months: April–October. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
37° / 18°
11 wet · 4 snow
Feb
39° / 18°
10 wet · 5 snow
Mar
45° / 25°
11 wet · 3 snow
Apr
57° / 33°
11 wet
May
66° / 44°
12 wet
Jun
75° / 54°
11 wet
Jul
80° / 60°
10 wet
Aug
79° / 58°
9 wet
Sep
72° / 51°
9 wet
Oct
61° / 40°
11 wet
Nov
51° / 31°
11 wet · 1 snow
Dec
42° / 24°
11 wet · 2 snow
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Beverly, MA, 5.3 mi away at 65 ft. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
