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Conservation Land

Conservation Land from directly overhead

Conservation Land is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 25 m. Town Farm Hill stands 117 m to the southwest, 6.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Cat Island, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 5.1 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.73084, -70.97948

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • American Legion Park: 0.6 mi
  • Harry Murch Park: 0.8 mi
  • Johnson Field: 3.0 mi
  • Central Street Recreation & Natural Resource Area: 3.2 mi
  • Hemlock Junction: 3.3 mi
Peaks
  • Ornes Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Littles Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Redshanks Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Long Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Bear Hill: 2.0 mi
Gardens
  • Georgetown Community Garden: 2.1 mi
  • The Fruit Trees & Conifers: 4.0 mi
  • The White Border: 4.0 mi
  • The Drought Tolerant Garden: 4.0 mi
  • The Hosta Garden: 4.0 mi
Historic sites
Beaches
Museums
Attractions
Artworks
  • Sparrows: 7.0 mi
  • Clyde: 7.1 mi
  • Eclipse: 7.2 mi
  • Torrential Flight: 7.2 mi
  • Will He.: 7.4 mi
Cliffs: 22
  • Wildcat Ledge: 4.1 mi
  • Great Neck: 9.0 mi
  • Bar Head Cliff: 10.7 mi
  • Coastal Bank Bluff: 10.7 mi
  • Sheep's Rock: 11.4 mi
Lighthouses: 14
Picnic sites: 11
Waterfalls: 8
  • Newbury Falls: 2.9 mi
  • Hampton Falls: 13.6 mi
  • Great Falls: 17.4 mi
  • Lower Falls: 17.5 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 17.6 mi
Rest areas: 8
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 6.6 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 6.6 mi
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 11.4 mi
  • Seabrook Rest Area: 11.8 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 12.4 mi
Springs: 5
  • Rail Spring: 5.7 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 8.5 mi
  • Jailhouse Spring: 17.8 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 21.4 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 24.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Town Farm HillSW 236°117 m6.4 mi
Baldpate HillSW 229°107 m2.4 mi
Bayns HillSW 230°100 m4.1 mi
Byers HillW 259°99 m5.6 mi
Shaven Crown HillSW 232°98 m3.2 mi
Ayers HillNW 323°97 m6.6 mi
Mount HaymanW 271°95 m5.8 mi
Russell HillWSW 251°92 m5.2 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 solstice07:1215:2816:14

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262936475767727163514132
Precip in3.73.64.94.23.84.23.63.44.14.93.94.7

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29691600

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