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Banus Reservation

Banus Reservation from directly overhead

Banus Reservation is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 18 m. Baldpate Hill stands 107 m to the northwest, 5.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Common, a park 0.2 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 5.7 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.63923, -70.94837

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Town Common: 0.2 mi
  • Emerson Park: 0.2 mi
  • Town Common: 0.2 mi
  • Town Common: 0.3 mi
  • Klock Park: 1.1 mi
Peaks
  • Town Hill: 0.4 mi
  • Great Hill: 0.7 mi
  • Bare Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Pingrees Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Witch Hill: 1.5 mi
Nature reserves
Gardens
  • Trinity Church Memorial Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Davis Hayfield Pollinator Garden: 3.5 mi
  • Community Gardens: 4.9 mi
  • Georgetown Community Garden: 6.4 mi
  • Ropes Garden: 8.5 mi
Attractions
  • The Rockery: 1.4 mi
  • Connors Farm: 2.2 mi
  • Corn Maze: 4.4 mi
  • Salem Cat Museum: 8.4 mi
  • BlackCraft Haunt: 8.6 mi
Historic sites
Beaches
  • Hood Pond Community Beach: 2.1 mi
  • Middleton Town Beach: 2.4 mi
  • Dane Street Beach: 7.5 mi
  • Dane Street Beach: 7.5 mi
  • Lynch Park Beach: 7.7 mi
Museums
Artworks
Cliffs: 37
Picnic sites: 22
Lighthouses: 20
Rest areas: 9
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 12.8 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 13.1 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 16.0 mi
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 16.9 mi
  • Seabrook Rest Area: 17.3 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Newbury Falls: 7.7 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 14.9 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 17.8 mi
  • Hampton Falls: 19.1 mi
  • Great Falls: 23.6 mi
Springs: 5
  • Rail Spring: 9.2 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 14.9 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 16.2 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 23.9 mi
  • Jailhouse Spring: 24.1 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Baldpate HillNW 324°107 m5.8 mi
Bayns HillNW 308°100 m6.0 mi
Shaven Crown HillNW 317°98 m6.0 mi
Wood HillNW 304°84.7 m6.6 mi
Bruin HillWNW 296°84 m6.6 mi
Littles HillNNW 333°79 m5.9 mi
Prospect HillNNE 33°77 m5.4 mi
Great HillNNE 33°75 m0.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0719:4320:26
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:1115:2816:14

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283037475766727163524334
Precip in3.22.94.24.33.43.83.53.33.64.54.04.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Beverly Muni AP, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29692171

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