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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

Museums
Gardens: 57
  • 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
Beaches
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
Historic sites: 56
Attractions: 55
Nature reserves
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
Artworks: 52
  • 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: 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
Picnic sites: 8
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 7.3 miles of Rowley-Newbury Grannite Boundary Marker. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Baldpate HillWSW107 m5.7 mi
Shaven Crown HillWSW98 m6.5 mi
Littles HillWSW79 m4.9 mi
Brake HillWNW79 m5.6 mi
Prospect HillSSE77 m2.6 mi
Crow HillWNW77 m5.4 mi
Great HillSSW75 m6.5 mi
Archelaus HillNW74 m4.9 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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