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Conservation Land

Conservation Land from directly overhead

Conservation Land is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 28 m. Town Farm Hill stands 117 m to the southwest, 5.4 miles off. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 6.4 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.73370, -71.00567

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • American Legion Park: 0.8 mi
  • Harry Murch Park: 1.1 mi
  • Washington Park: 2.1 mi
  • Shanahan Field: 2.2 mi
  • Perry Park: 2.4 mi
Peaks
  • Littles Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Bear Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Baldpate Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Mount Perry: 1.9 mi
  • Redshanks Hill: 2.0 mi
Gardens
  • Georgetown Community Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Davis Hayfield Pollinator Garden: 5.0 mi
  • The Fruit Trees & Conifers: 5.1 mi
  • The White Border: 5.1 mi
  • The Hosta Garden: 5.1 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Beaches
Attractions
Artworks
  • Sparrows: 7.9 mi
  • Clyde: 8.0 mi
  • Eclipse: 8.1 mi
  • Torrential Flight: 8.1 mi
  • Will He.: 8.2 mi
Cliffs: 22
  • Wildcat Ledge: 3.6 mi
  • Great Neck: 10.3 mi
  • Bar Head Cliff: 12.0 mi
  • Coastal Bank Bluff: 12.1 mi
  • Sheep's Rock: 12.2 mi
Lighthouses: 14
Picnic sites: 12
Waterfalls: 8
  • Newbury Falls: 4.0 mi
  • Hampton Falls: 14.0 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 16.5 mi
  • Great Falls: 17.4 mi
  • Lower Falls: 17.4 mi
Rest areas: 8
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 5.6 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 6.2 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 11.0 mi
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 11.8 mi
  • Seabrook Rest Area: 12.2 mi
Springs: 5
  • Rail Spring: 6.9 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 8.6 mi
  • Jailhouse Spring: 17.7 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 21.2 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 23.2 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 227°117 m5.4 mi
Baldpate HillSSW 195°107 m1.8 mi
Osgood HillWSW 250°105 m5.6 mi
Bayns HillSSW 213°100 m3.4 mi
Byers HillWSW 253°99 m4.3 mi
Shaven Crown HillSSW 209°98 m2.5 mi
Ayers HillNNW 332°97 m5.7 mi
Woodchuck HillSW 218°96 m6.0 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 solstice07:1215:2816:14

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, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29835044

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