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Conservation Land

Conservation Land from directly overhead

Conservation Land is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 11 m. Baldpate Hill stands 107 m to the west-southwest, 4.2 miles off. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 3.4 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.73700, -70.94151

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Longfellow Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Skunk Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Long Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Blue Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Sunset Hill: 2.3 mi
Parks
  • Central Street Recreation & Natural Resource Area: 1.3 mi
  • Eiras Park: 2.4 mi
  • American Legion Park: 2.6 mi
  • Harry Murch Park: 2.6 mi
  • Town Common: 3.4 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
  • The Fruit Trees & Conifers: 2.2 mi
  • The Drought Tolerant Garden: 2.2 mi
  • The White Border: 2.2 mi
  • The Hosta Garden: 2.2 mi
  • The Island Bed: 2.2 mi
Attractions
Beaches
  • Hood Pond Community Beach: 4.8 mi
  • The Knobbs: 7.3 mi
  • Clark Beach: 7.8 mi
  • Plum Island Beach: 8.4 mi
  • Middleton Town Beach: 8.5 mi
Museums
Artworks
  • Sparrows: 5.4 mi
  • Clyde: 5.5 mi
  • Eclipse: 5.6 mi
  • Torrential Flight: 5.7 mi
  • Will He.: 5.9 mi
Cliffs: 21
  • Wildcat Ledge: 5.7 mi
  • Great Neck: 7.2 mi
  • Bar Head Cliff: 8.9 mi
  • Coastal Bank Bluff: 9.0 mi
  • Sheep's Rock: 10.0 mi
Lighthouses: 14
Picnic sites: 11
Waterfalls: 8
  • Newbury Falls: 1.1 mi
  • Hampton Falls: 12.5 mi
  • Great Falls: 16.9 mi
  • Lower Falls: 16.9 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 19.6 mi
Rest areas: 8
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 7.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 7.7 mi
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 10.3 mi
  • Seabrook Rest Area: 10.7 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 14.2 mi
Springs: 4
  • Rail Spring: 3.8 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 8.2 mi
  • Jailhouse Spring: 17.3 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 22.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.8 miles of Conservation Land. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Baldpate HillWSW 242°107 m4.2 mi
Bayns HillWSW 239°100 m5.9 mi
Shaven Crown HillWSW 242°98 m5.0 mi
Wood HillWSW 242°84.7 m6.5 mi
Dead HillW 273°80 m6.0 mi
Littles HillWSW 244°79 m3.3 mi
Golden HillWNW 293°79 m6.3 mi
Brake HillNW 312°78.64 m4.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0619:4320:26
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, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29689358

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