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Ayrshire Conservation Area

Ayrshire Conservation Area from directly overhead

Ayrshire Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 58 m. Nobscot Hill stands 183 m to the south-southwest, 6.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Landmark Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 2.7 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.43334, -71.38575

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
  • Captain Miles House: 0.5 mi
  • Ayshire Horse Farm: 0.5 mi
  • Diamond Crossing: 1.7 mi
  • Thoreau Cabin site: 2.3 mi
  • Thoreau Bean Field: 2.4 mi
Gardens
Parks
  • Cousins Park: 1.4 mi
  • Harrington Park: 1.4 mi
  • Junction Park: 1.7 mi
  • Mandrioli Mini Park: 1.7 mi
  • Rideout Playground: 1.8 mi
Peaks
Artworks
Beaches
  • Stow Town Beach: 6.1 mi
  • Memorial Beach: 8.5 mi
  • Centennial Beach: 8.6 mi
  • Morses Pond Beach: 10.1 mi
  • Learned Pond Beach: 10.2 mi
Cliffs: 39
Picnic sites: 22
  • Picnic Site 2: 7.2 mi
  • Picnic Site 3: 7.2 mi
  • Picnic Site 1: 7.3 mi
  • Picnic Site 4: 7.3 mi
  • Picnic Site 6: 7.4 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Wamesit Falls: 14.2 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 15.8 mi
  • Cascades: 22.7 mi
  • The Falls: 24.7 mi
  • Emerson Falls: 24.7 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Commissioners Landing: 16.8 mi
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 17.2 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 18.9 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 23.8 mi
Springs: 3
  • Mystery Spring: 10.2 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 14.3 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 22.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.9 miles of Ayrshire Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Nobscot HillSSW 208°183 m6.9 mi
Flagg HillWNW 291°139 m6.2 mi
Marble HillW 275°126 m6.8 mi
Tippling RockSSW 208°125 m6.1 mi
Reeves HillSSE 164°122 m6.3 mi
Birch HillW 261°121 m6.5 mi
Goodman HillSSW 194°119 m4.2 mi
Nagog HillNNW 330°111 m5.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:0919:4420:27
September equinox06:3418:0818:45
December solstice07:1215:3116:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262836485968747264524132
Precip in3.63.34.64.43.74.24.04.43.95.13.84.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Maynard 2, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29814862

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