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Conservation Area

Conservation Area from directly overhead

Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Pine Hill stands 74 m to the west-southwest, 8.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Hull Shore Reservation, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 12 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.25851, -70.86490

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Weir River Estuary Park: 0.2 mi
  • Worlds End Reservation: 0.7 mi
  • Lt. Joseph McLaughlin Park: 0.9 mi
  • Joe Menice Ballfield: 0.9 mi
  • Steamboat Wharf: 1.0 mi
Historic sites
  • F. Arthur Edwards Memorial: 0.7 mi
  • Father Connolly: 0.7 mi
  • More-Brewer Stone: 3.1 mi
  • Fort Revere: 3.7 mi
  • prs 2011 sun dial: 3.8 mi
Peaks
  • Planters Hill: 0.7 mi
  • Hampton Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Sagamore Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Atlantic Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Center Hill: 1.2 mi
Beaches
Museums
Attractions
  • South Shore Model Railroad Club: 2.9 mi
  • Herring Run: 4.5 mi
  • House Rock: 5.1 mi
  • USS Salem: 5.5 mi
  • South Shore Natural Science Center: 6.7 mi
Gardens
Artworks
  • Scituate Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument: 7.1 mi
  • John Hancock: 7.1 mi
  • Abigail Adams: 7.1 mi
  • John Adams: 7.1 mi
  • Constitution Common: 7.4 mi
Cliffs: 46
Picnic sites: 21
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Area: 7.4 mi
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Table Area: 7.4 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 7.6 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 11.8 mi
  • Pine Knoll: 11.9 mi
Lighthouses: 8
Rest areas: 5
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 10.6 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 10.6 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 12.7 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 15.3 mi
  • Massachusetts Tourist Information Center: 24.6 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 8.1 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 16.8 mi
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 10.9 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 17.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.6 miles of Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine HillWSW 256°74 m8.6 mi
Prospect HillS 175°72 m4.5 mi
Judges HillSSE 154°71 m5.1 mi
Mount BlueSSE 159°66 m5.3 mi
Black Pond HillSSE 151°64 m6.2 mi
Penns HillWSW 257°61 m6.9 mi
Otis HillSSE 159°58 m5.9 mi
Paradise HillSSE 158°58 m7.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0819:4220:24
September equinox06:3118:0618:43
December solstice07:1015:2916:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303238485867737265544435
Precip in4.54.05.44.63.84.03.63.83.95.24.45.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hingham, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29694021

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