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Barnes Island

Barnes Island from directly overhead

Barnes Island is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Powow Hill stands 99 m to the northwest, 3.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Herbert E. True III Memorial Marsh, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 1.6 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.83338, -70.87434

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Salisbury Town Common: 0.8 mi
  • Memorial Field: 0.8 mi
  • Lions Park: 1.0 mi
  • Cashman Park: 1.2 mi
  • Atkinson Common: 1.3 mi
Artworks
  • Brushstrokes: 1.3 mi
  • Peace Offering: 1.3 mi
  • Newburyport Collage: 1.3 mi
  • G-Swirl: 1.3 mi
  • Native Fish: 1.5 mi
Historic sites
  • Middle Shipyard: 1.4 mi
  • The Trusties of the Newburyport Waterfront: 1.5 mi
  • Custom House Slip: 1.5 mi
  • Promenade and Marina: 1.5 mi
  • Bicentennial of the United States Coast Guard: 1.5 mi
Gardens: 60
Museums
Attractions
Peaks
  • Oak Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Castle Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Brown's Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Powder House Hill: 2.7 mi
  • Batt Hill: 2.9 mi
Beaches
  • Salisbury Beach: 3.1 mi
  • Plum Island Beach: 3.2 mi
  • Plum Island Beach: 3.6 mi
  • Seabrook Beach: 4.6 mi
  • South Beach: 5.5 mi
Cliffs: 22
  • Sheep's Rock: 2.6 mi
  • Great Neck: 9.6 mi
  • Bar Head Cliff: 10.3 mi
  • Coastal Bank Bluff: 11.1 mi
  • Wildcat Ledge: 12.9 mi
Lighthouses: 17
Picnic sites: 13
  • Stratham Town Landing: 12.4 mi
  • 4H Pavilion: 14.3 mi
  • Scamman Pavilion: 14.3 mi
  • Front Pavilion: 14.4 mi
  • Birthday Bay: 14.8 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Hampton Falls: 5.3 mi
  • Newbury Falls: 6.4 mi
  • Great Falls: 10.8 mi
  • Lower Falls: 10.9 mi
  • Piscassic Falls: 17.6 mi
Rest areas: 8
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 3.2 mi
  • Seabrook Rest Area: 3.6 mi
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 7.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 7.1 mi
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Southbound: 7.2 mi
Springs: 4
  • Lion's Spring: 4.9 mi
  • Rail Spring: 5.0 mi
  • Jailhouse Spring: 11.4 mi
  • Two Sisters Spring: 24.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.2 miles of Barnes Island. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Powow HillNW 305°99 m3.9 mi
Chair HillNW 315°93 m5.3 mi
Sawyers HillWNW 298°91 m5.8 mi
Indian Ground HillNW 315°91 m6.5 mi
Ring HillWNW 292°80.72 m5.7 mi
Bear HillW 279°80 m6.7 mi
Bugsmouth HillWNW 298°77 m7.2 mi
Whittier HillWNW 296°76 m4.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1818:56
June solstice05:0619:4320:26
September equinox06:3118:0518:43
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, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29693989

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