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Christopher Way Open Space

Christopher Way Open Space from directly overhead

Christopher Way Open Space is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 36 m. Powow Hill stands 99 m to the west-northwest, 1.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Powder House Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Independence Byway passes 3.6 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.85890, -70.91476

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Collins Avenue Park: 0.2 mi
  • Training Field Park: 0.3 mi
  • Gillis Park: 0.7 mi
  • Millyard Park: 0.9 mi
  • Golgotha Boulder Site: 0.9 mi
Peaks
  • Brown's Hill: 0.2 mi
  • Powder House Hill: 0.3 mi
  • Mundy Hill: 0.5 mi
  • Powow Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Batt Hill: 1.3 mi
Historic sites
  • Golgotha Boulder: 0.9 mi
  • Doughboy Statue: 1.1 mi
  • The Captain's Well: 1.1 mi
  • Helen Moseley House Site: 2.5 mi
  • Main House Site: 2.7 mi
Museums
Gardens: 60
  • Vegtable Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Deep-Cold Frames: 2.6 mi
  • Shallow-Cold Frames: 2.6 mi
  • The Formal Gardens: 2.6 mi
  • Italian Garden: 2.6 mi
Artworks
  • Peace Offering: 3.7 mi
  • Brushstrokes: 3.7 mi
  • G-Swirl: 3.7 mi
  • Newburyport Collage: 3.7 mi
  • Native Fish: 3.8 mi
Attractions
Beaches
  • Salisbury Beach: 5.2 mi
  • Seabrook Beach: 5.4 mi
  • Plum Island Beach: 5.8 mi
  • South Beach: 5.9 mi
  • Plum Island Beach: 6.2 mi
Cliffs: 23
  • Sheep's Rock: 3.9 mi
  • Great Neck: 12.0 mi
  • Bar Head Cliff: 12.9 mi
  • Wildcat Ledge: 13.4 mi
  • Coastal Bank Bluff: 13.6 mi
Lighthouses: 17
Waterfalls: 12
  • Hampton Falls: 4.2 mi
  • Newbury Falls: 7.6 mi
  • Great Falls: 8.6 mi
  • Lower Falls: 8.7 mi
  • Piscassic Falls: 15.6 mi
Picnic sites: 12
  • Stratham Town Landing: 10.3 mi
  • 4H Pavilion: 12.5 mi
  • Scamman Pavilion: 12.6 mi
  • Front Pavilion: 12.7 mi
  • Birthday Bay: 14.0 mi
Rest areas: 8
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 2.1 mi
  • Seabrook Rest Area: 2.5 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 5.5 mi
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 5.9 mi
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Southbound: 6.1 mi
Springs: 4
  • Lion's Spring: 2.6 mi
  • Rail Spring: 7.0 mi
  • Jailhouse Spring: 9.1 mi
  • Two Sisters Spring: 22.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 5.8 miles of Christopher Way Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Powow HillWNW 292°99 m1.3 mi
Chair HillNW 319°93 m2.6 mi
Red Oak HillW 259°93 m5.8 mi
Sawyers HillWNW 287°91 m3.2 mi
Indian Ground HillNW 317°91 m3.8 mi
Highlands HillW 265°88 m5.8 mi
Martin HillNW 322°82 m5.0 mi
Hog HillNW 316°81 m4.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0619:4320:27
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:1215:2716:13

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262735465665727062514131
Precip in3.53.64.84.34.14.23.63.84.05.33.94.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Haverhill, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/301868959

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