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Rowley-Newbury Grannite Boundary Marker

Rowley-Newbury Grannite Boundary Marker from directly overhead

Rowley-Newbury Grannite Boundary Marker is a historic site in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 30 m. Baldpate Hill stands 107 m to the west-southwest, 5.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Triton Regional Schools Land, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 2.2 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Inscription
R-N
Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.73884, -70.91010

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Sunset Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Skunk Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Blue Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Longfellow Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Ox Pasture Hill: 1.5 mi
Parks
  • Central Street Recreation & Natural Resource Area: 1.0 mi
  • Eiras Park: 2.2 mi
  • Town Common: 2.3 mi
  • Benjamin Howe Memorial Park: 3.7 mi
  • Lower Green: 3.7 mi
Gardens
  • The Fruit Trees & Conifers: 1.4 mi
  • The Drought Tolerant Garden: 1.5 mi
  • The Woodland Garden: 1.5 mi
  • The Gentian Garden: 1.5 mi
  • The Vegetable, Fruit & Herb Garden: 1.5 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Attractions
Beaches
Artworks: 57
  • Sparrows: 4.6 mi
  • Clyde: 4.7 mi
  • Eclipse: 4.8 mi
  • Torrential Flight: 4.9 mi
  • Will He.: 5.1 mi
Cliffs: 21
  • Great Neck: 5.8 mi
  • Wildcat Ledge: 7.1 mi
  • Bar Head Cliff: 7.4 mi
  • Coastal Bank Bluff: 7.6 mi
  • Sheep's Rock: 9.1 mi
Lighthouses: 14
Picnic sites: 10
Waterfalls: 8
  • Newbury Falls: 1.2 mi
  • Hampton Falls: 12.0 mi
  • Great Falls: 16.8 mi
  • Lower Falls: 16.9 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 21.1 mi
Rest areas: 8
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 7.8 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 8.9 mi
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 9.8 mi
  • Seabrook Rest Area: 10.2 mi
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 13.7 mi
Springs: 4
  • Rail Spring: 2.4 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 8.4 mi
  • Jailhouse Spring: 17.3 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 23.2 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.1 miles of Rowley-Newbury Grannite Boundary Marker. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Baldpate HillWSW 248°107 m5.7 mi
Shaven Crown HillWSW 247°98 m6.5 mi
Littles HillWSW 251°79 m4.9 mi
Brake HillWNW 300°78.64 m5.6 mi
Prospect HillSSE 158°77 m2.6 mi
Crow HillWNW 298°76.81 m5.4 mi
Great HillSSW 194°75 m6.5 mi
Turkey HillSSE 150°74 m4.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0619:4320:26
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:1215:2716:13

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, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/7022850295

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