The Formal Gardens
The Formal Gardens is a garden in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 33 m. Powow Hill stands 99 m to the north, 3.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Shallow-Cold Frames, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 2.9 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 1920
What to expect
How to reach it
- 2.9 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
- 6.2 mi off the Independence Byway
- 6.7 mi off the Coastal Byway
- 21.3 mi off the The Apple Way of Londonderry
Overlooks nearby
- Wildlife Viewing Platform · 5 mi
- Eagle Rock · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Shallow-Cold Frames: 0.0 mi
- Italian Garden: 0.0 mi
- Rose Garden: 0.0 mi
- Deep-Cold Frames: 0.0 mi
- Vegtable Garden: 0.1 mi
- Tower Hill: 0.1 mi
- Castle Hill: 0.9 mi
- Lone Tree Hill: 1.1 mi
- Walnut Hill: 1.8 mi
- Pipestave Hill: 1.8 mi
- Main House Site: 0.1 mi
- Helen Moseley House Site: 0.2 mi
- Golgotha Boulder: 1.7 mi
- The Captain's Well: 1.8 mi
- Doughboy Statue: 1.8 mi
- Maudslay State Park: 0.3 mi
- Cherry Hill Soccer Fields: 0.7 mi
- Woodman Park: 1.1 mi
- Alliance Park: 1.3 mi
- Moseley Woods: 1.3 mi
- Curzon Mill Road Conservation Land: 0.3 mi
- Cherry Hill Open Space: 0.6 mi
- Artichoke River Woods: 0.7 mi
- Merrimack Landing Conservation Area: 0.8 mi
- Open Space: 0.9 mi
- Bartlett Museum: 1.6 mi
- Lowell's Boat Shop: 1.6 mi
- Custom House Maritime Museum: 3.3 mi
- Coffin House: 3.8 mi
- Lower Green Schoolhouse: 5.8 mi
- Will He.: 2.9 mi
- Native Fish: 2.9 mi
- Torrential Flight: 2.9 mi
- Eclipse: 2.9 mi
- Peace Offering: 2.9 mi
- Market Square: 3.2 mi
- Captain's Fishing Parties: 5.7 mi
- Al Gauron Fishing & Whale Watching: 7.9 mi
- Corn Maze: 9.7 mi
- Powder House: 11.3 mi
- Plum Island Beach: 5.8 mi
- Salisbury Beach: 6.0 mi
- Plum Island Beach: 6.2 mi
- Seabrook Beach: 7.3 mi
- Newton Town Beach: 7.7 mi
- Sheep's Rock: 5.4 mi
- Great Neck: 10.4 mi
- Wildcat Ledge: 10.8 mi
- Bar Head Cliff: 11.5 mi
- Coastal Bank Bluff: 12.1 mi
- Front Range Light: 3.5 mi
- Ten Pound Island Light: 20.4 mi
- Oil House: 20.5 mi
- Portsmouth Harbor Light: 20.5 mi
- Marine Safety Detachment: 20.5 mi
- Stratham Town Landing: 12.7 mi
- Cowbell Corner Picnic Area: 14.5 mi
- 4H Pavilion: 15.1 mi
- Scamman Pavilion: 15.2 mi
- Front Pavilion: 15.2 mi
- Newbury Falls: 5.0 mi
- Hampton Falls: 6.8 mi
- Great Falls: 11.0 mi
- Lower Falls: 11.0 mi
- Piscassic Falls: 18.0 mi
- Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 4.1 mi
- I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 4.6 mi
- Seabrook Rest Area: 5.0 mi
- Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 6.7 mi
- Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 8.5 mi
- Lion's Spring: 2.8 mi
- Rail Spring: 5.1 mi
- Jailhouse Spring: 11.4 mi
- Two Sisters Spring: 24.9 mi
- Dogtown: 18.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 5.9 miles of The Formal Gardens. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Powow Hill | N 354° | 99 m | 3.0 mi |
| Chair Hill | N 349° | 93 m | 4.5 mi |
| Red Oak Hill | WNW 287° | 93 m | 5.0 mi |
| Red Oak Hill | WNW 285° | 93 m | 5.1 mi |
| Sawyers Hill | NNW 326° | 91 m | 4.1 mi |
| Indian Ground Hill | NNW 342° | 91 m | 5.6 mi |
| Highlands Hill | WNW 292° | 88 m | 5.3 mi |
| Long Hill | WNW 283° | 81 m | 4.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:48 | 18:19 | 18:56 |
| June solstice | 05:06 | 19:43 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:06 | 18:43 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:27 | 16:13 |
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 | 26 | 29 | 36 | 47 | 57 | 67 | 72 | 71 | 63 | 51 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 3.9 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Groveland, 8 mi away.
- Eastern Skunk Cabbage38 obs
- azure bluet38 obs
- eastern white pine37 obs
- White-tailed Deer34 obs
- American Beaver33 obs
- Canada mayflower31 obs
- Common Raccoon27 obs
- Painted Turtle24 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/278139391
Day trips start here
- Amesbury · 2 mi
- Newburyport · 3 mi
- Groveland · 7 mi
- Haverhill · 8 mi
- Ipswich · 11 mi
- Merrimack Valley · 11 mi
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