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Bennett Keenan Conservation Area

Bennett Keenan Conservation Area from directly overhead

Bennett Keenan Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 18 m. Holt Hill stands 128 m to the north-northwest, 5.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Conservation Land, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off.

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Getting there

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Coordinates42.57297, -71.05431

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
  • Town Conservation Land: 0.3 mi
  • Willis Woods: 0.5 mi
  • North Hill Subdivision Open Space: 0.6 mi
  • Lynnfield Woodlot: 1.0 mi
  • Swan Pond: 1.0 mi
Parks
  • Park Street Park: 0.9 mi
  • Historic Grounds: 1.2 mi
  • Town Common: 1.2 mi
  • Symphony Park: 1.5 mi
  • Chestnut Street Complex: 1.9 mi
Peaks
  • Pine Hill: 2.0 mi
  • Uptons Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Wills Hill: 2.3 mi
  • Waldens Hill: 2.9 mi
  • Bare Hill: 3.8 mi
Gardens
  • Community Gardens: 4.5 mi
  • Trinity Church Memorial Garden: 6.1 mi
  • Davis Hayfield Pollinator Garden: 6.5 mi
  • Herb Garden: 7.6 mi
  • Tewksbury Community Garden: 8.3 mi
Beaches
  • Middleton Town Beach: 4.7 mi
  • Pearce Lake Beach: 5.7 mi
  • Baby Beach: 6.7 mi
  • Hood Pond Community Beach: 8.3 mi
  • Stevens Pond Beach: 8.5 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Attractions
  • Echo Rock: 6.5 mi
  • Connors Farm: 6.5 mi
  • Steel Tower: 6.6 mi
  • Union Rock: 7.1 mi
  • Dungeon Rock: 7.2 mi
Artworks
  • Armillary Sphere: 6.5 mi
  • Bicentennial Statue: 6.6 mi
  • muster: 7.1 mi
  • Baldwin Green: 7.2 mi
  • Orange Dinosaur: 8.4 mi
Cliffs: 49
  • Skull Cliff: 5.2 mi
  • The Cellar: 6.6 mi
  • Always Sunny Wall: 6.7 mi
  • Lookout Cliff: 7.6 mi
  • Wildcat Ledge: 7.7 mi
Picnic sites: 23
  • Pinetops Picnic Area: 5.7 mi
  • Picnic Table: 10.0 mi
  • Picnic Area: 12.5 mi
  • Picnic Site 1: 15.8 mi
  • Picnic Site 2: 16.2 mi
Lighthouses: 20
Rest areas: 7
Springs: 4
  • Quarry Spring: 9.8 mi
  • Rail Spring: 15.9 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 18.2 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 19.9 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cascade Falls: 8.9 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 13.0 mi
  • Newbury Falls: 13.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.3 miles of Bennett Keenan Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Holt HillNNW 331°128 m5.4 mi
Boston HillNNW 339°117 m5.4 mi
Claypit HillNNW 339°116 m6.6 mi
Woodchuck HillNNW 349°96 m6.5 mi
Pine HillNNW 329°91 m6.7 mi
Castle RockS 175°87.2 m5.9 mi
Burrill HillSSE 149°87 m6.7 mi
Crow HillS 174°82.9 m5.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:1918:57
June solstice05:0719:4320:26
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:1215:2916:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262834465665716962514131
Precip in3.53.34.54.33.74.23.83.33.84.74.04.8

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29837821

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