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Acorn Way Conservation Area

Acorn Way Conservation Area from directly overhead

Acorn Way Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 21 m. Baldpate Hill stands 107 m to the west-southwest, 3.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Jewett Street Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 3.4 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Georgetown Conservation Commission
Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.72707, -70.94628

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Long Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Ornes Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Longfellow Hill: 2.0 mi
  • Skunk Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Hunsley Hills: 2.2 mi
Parks
  • Central Street Recreation & Natural Resource Area: 2.0 mi
  • Eiras Park: 2.1 mi
  • Harry Murch Park: 2.2 mi
  • American Legion Park: 2.3 mi
  • Town Common: 3.4 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
  • The Fruit Trees & Conifers: 2.8 mi
  • The Drought Tolerant Garden: 2.9 mi
  • The White Border: 2.9 mi
  • The Hosta Garden: 2.9 mi
  • The Vegetable, Fruit & Herb Garden: 2.9 mi
Attractions
Beaches
  • Hood Pond Community Beach: 4.1 mi
  • The Knobbs: 7.5 mi
  • Middleton Town Beach: 7.7 mi
  • Clark Beach: 7.8 mi
  • Steep Hill Beach: 8.5 mi
Museums
Artworks
  • Sparrows: 6.1 mi
  • Clyde: 6.2 mi
  • Eclipse: 6.3 mi
  • Torrential Flight: 6.4 mi
  • Will He.: 6.6 mi
Cliffs: 22
Lighthouses: 14
Picnic sites: 11
Rest areas: 8
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 7.5 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 7.9 mi
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 11.0 mi
  • Seabrook Rest Area: 11.4 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 14.1 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • Newbury Falls: 1.8 mi
  • Hampton Falls: 13.2 mi
  • Great Falls: 17.6 mi
  • Lower Falls: 17.6 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 19.1 mi
Springs: 4
  • Rail Spring: 4.3 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 8.8 mi
  • Jailhouse Spring: 18.0 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 21.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.8 miles of Acorn Way Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Baldpate HillWSW 249°107 m3.7 mi
Bayns HillWSW 244°100 m5.4 mi
Shaven Crown HillWSW 248°98 m4.5 mi
Russell HillWSW 258°92 m6.8 mi
Foster HillWSW 255°90 m6.6 mi
Wood HillWSW 247°84.7 m6.0 mi
Bruin HillWSW 242°84 m6.8 mi
Dead HillW 280°80 m5.8 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 solstice07:1215:2816:14

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, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1020908604

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