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Bird Pasture

Bird Pasture from directly overhead

Bird Pasture is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. Prospect Hill stands 77 m to the northwest, 4.1 miles off. The nearest named place is New England Biolabs Conservation Restriction, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 0.7 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1971-08-17
Visiting

What to expect

Access
restricted
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.65657, -70.84258

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Raymond Fields: 1.0 mi
  • Father Ryc Park: 1.1 mi
  • Giles Firman Park: 1.2 mi
  • Pony Express Farm Athletic Fields: 1.3 mi
  • Sally's Pond: 1.4 mi
Peaks
  • Pigeon Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Scott Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Bush Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Heartbreak Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Timber Hill: 1.6 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Attractions
  • Corn Maze: 3.2 mi
  • The Rockery: 4.2 mi
  • Connors Farm: 5.8 mi
  • Tablet Rock: 9.1 mi
  • Greasy Pole: 9.5 mi
Gardens
  • Rose Garden: 3.7 mi
  • Formal Garden: 3.8 mi
  • Cold Frames: 3.8 mi
  • Trinity Church Memorial Garden: 6.5 mi
  • Bushee Garden: 7.7 mi
Beaches
Artworks
Cliffs: 25
Lighthouses: 20
Rest areas: 8
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 14.4 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 15.1 mi
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 15.6 mi
  • Seabrook Rest Area: 15.9 mi
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 19.2 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Newbury Falls: 7.8 mi
  • Hampton Falls: 17.6 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 18.8 mi
  • Great Falls: 23.0 mi
  • Lower Falls: 23.1 mi
Picnic sites: 6
Springs: 4
  • Rail Spring: 7.4 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 15.0 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 20.3 mi
  • Jailhouse Spring: 23.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.1 miles of Bird Pasture. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Prospect HillNW 323°77 m4.1 mi
Great HillW 263°75 m5.1 mi
Turkey HillNNW 327°74 m2.1 mi
Turner HillWNW 286°70 m2.5 mi
Town HillWSW 258°65 m5.1 mi
Blueberry HillW 263°64 m3.0 mi
Morse HillSE 132°62 m5.7 mi
Bush HillNW 324°61 m1.5 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 solstice07:1115:2816:13

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272835455564706962514133
Precip in3.73.64.64.23.54.03.43.43.85.04.04.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Beverly, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29690999

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