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College Pond Area

College Pond Area from directly overhead

College Pond Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 16 m. Burrill Hill stands 87 m to the south-southwest, 6.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Fox Hill Open Space, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 8.6 miles off.

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What to expect

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Getting there

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Coordinates42.57543, -70.95155

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Dales Hill: 0.4 mi
  • Whipple Hill: 0.5 mi
  • Lindall Hill: 0.6 mi
  • Putnam Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Nichols Hill: 1.1 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Community Gardens: 0.8 mi
  • Trinity Church Memorial Garden: 4.1 mi
  • Ropes Garden: 4.6 mi
  • Salem Community Gardens: 5.3 mi
  • Pickman Park Community Garden: 6.3 mi
Parks
  • Stone Street Playground: 0.9 mi
  • Training Field: 0.9 mi
  • Danvers Square: 1.1 mi
  • Tapley Park: 1.1 mi
  • Plains Park: 1.4 mi
Museums
Attractions
  • Connors Farm: 2.4 mi
  • Salem Cat Museum: 4.3 mi
  • The Rockery: 4.5 mi
  • BlackCraft Haunt: 4.7 mi
  • Count Orlok’s Nightmare Gallery: 4.7 mi
Beaches
Artworks
Cliffs: 49
Picnic sites: 23
  • Pinetops Picnic Area: 7.1 mi
  • Picnic Table: 14.5 mi
  • Picnic Area: 17.7 mi
  • Picnic Site 1: 19.7 mi
  • Pine Knoll: 19.9 mi
Lighthouses: 20
Rest areas: 7
  • Commissioners Landing: 16.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 16.7 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 17.4 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 18.5 mi
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 21.3 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Cascade Falls: 11.0 mi
  • Newbury Falls: 12.1 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 18.0 mi
  • Hampton Falls: 23.5 mi
Springs: 4
  • Quarry Spring: 12.4 mi
  • Rail Spring: 13.4 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 19.3 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 23.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.7 miles of College Pond Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Burrill HillSSW 196°87 m6.1 mi
Mount GileadSSW 200°77 m6.3 mi
Mount HermonSSW 194°76 m5.6 mi
Wills HillWNW 292°75 m4.0 mi
Great HillN 6°75 m5.0 mi
Bald HillNW 326°74 m5.3 mi
Witch HillN 357°70 m3.0 mi
Waldens HillSW 234°70 m4.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0719:4320:26
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:1115:2816:14

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283037475766727163524334
Precip in3.22.94.24.33.43.83.53.33.64.54.04.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Beverly Muni AP, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29692906

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