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Brackett Conservation Restriction

Brackett Conservation Restriction from directly overhead

Brackett Conservation Restriction is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 36 m. Mount Ann stands 78 m to the southwest, 6.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Pigeon Hill, a peak 0.2 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 4.7 miles off.

What to expect

Access
restricted

How to reach it

Coordinates42.66999, -70.63197

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Pigeon Hill: 0.2 mi
  • Pool Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Great Hill: 1.7 mi
  • High Rock: 2.3 mi
  • Nugent Boulders: 2.5 mi
Parks
  • Pigeon Hill Park: 0.2 mi
  • Pingree Park: 0.4 mi
  • Manning Park: 0.7 mi
  • Millbrook Meadow: 0.9 mi
  • Mill Pond Park: 0.9 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • The Paper House: 0.2 mi
  • Motif #1: 1.1 mi
  • Whale's Jaw: 1.4 mi
  • Peter's Pulpit: 1.9 mi
  • Prosperity Follows Service: 2.3 mi
Beaches
Historic sites
Museums: 58
Gardens: 43
  • Cold Frames: 7.5 mi
  • Formal Garden: 7.6 mi
  • Rose Garden: 7.7 mi
  • Bushee Garden: 12.9 mi
  • Range Light Sculpture Garden: 15.4 mi
Artworks: 37
  • Fitz Hugh Lane: 4.3 mi
  • Fishermen's Wives Memorial: 4.7 mi
  • Osprey: Pandion Haliaetus: 15.3 mi
  • Sparrows: 15.4 mi
  • Clyde: 15.5 mi
Cliffs: 17
Lighthouses: 14
Rest areas: 6
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 19.3 mi
  • Seabrook Rest Area: 19.5 mi
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 21.6 mi
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Southbound: 21.9 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 22.0 mi
Springs: 2
  • Rail Spring: 13.9 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 21.2 mi
Waterfalls: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Pinetops Picnic Area: 23.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.8 miles of Brackett Conservation Restriction. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount AnnSW 231°78 m6.4 mi
Red RockSW 233°70 m6.1 mi
Pool HillS 187°66 m0.9 mi
Morse HillSW 234°62 m8.0 mi
Pigeon HillNE 46°61 m0.2 mi
Bush HillW 271°61 m11.5 mi
Browns HillWSW 250°61 m11.6 mi
Long HillSW 224°60 m8.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4718:1818:55
June solstice05:0519:4220:25
September equinox06:3018:0518:42
December solstice07:1015:2716:13

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, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29905404

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