Conservation Land
Conservation Land is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 42 m. Mount Ann stands 78 m to the west-southwest, 5.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Pool Hill Town Forest, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 3.7 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Essex County Greenbelt
- Access
- restricted
How to reach it
- 3.7 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
- 17.9 mi off the Coastal Byway
- 20.7 mi off the Independence Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Eagle Rock · 5 mi
- Wildlife Viewing Platform · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Pool Hill Town Forest: 0.1 mi
- Town Conservation Land: 0.2 mi
- Loop Pond: 0.3 mi
- Briar Swamp: 0.4 mi
- Homecrest: 0.5 mi
- Evans Field: 0.3 mi
- Manning Park: 0.6 mi
- Mill Pond Park: 0.6 mi
- Millbrook Meadow: 0.6 mi
- Barletta Park: 0.9 mi
- Pool Hill: 0.3 mi
- Great Hill: 0.5 mi
- Nugent Boulders: 1.3 mi
- High Rock: 1.3 mi
- Pigeon Hill: 1.4 mi
- Front Beach: 0.7 mi
- Back Beach: 0.8 mi
- Old Garden Beach: 1.3 mi
- Long Beach: 1.8 mi
- Cape Hedge Beach: 1.8 mi
- Whale's Jaw: 0.8 mi
- Peter's Pulpit: 1.0 mi
- Motif #1: 1.0 mi
- Prosperity Follows Service: 1.3 mi
- If Work Stops Values Decay: 1.3 mi
- Solomon Jacobs Landing: 3.2 mi
- Coast Guard Aviation Monument: 3.5 mi
- Ten Pound Island Lighthouse: 3.5 mi
- Fishermens' Monument: 3.5 mi
- World War II Memorial: 3.7 mi
- James A. Babson Museum: 1.0 mi
- CAM Green: 3.0 mi
- Cape Ann Museum: 3.1 mi
- Cape Ann Historical Museum: 3.1 mi
- Maritime Gloucester: 3.2 mi
- Cold Frames: 7.7 mi
- Formal Garden: 7.8 mi
- Rose Garden: 7.9 mi
- Bushee Garden: 13.6 mi
- The Woodland Garden: 15.9 mi
- Fitz Hugh Lane: 3.2 mi
- Fishermen's Wives Memorial: 3.7 mi
- Winslow II: 15.1 mi
- Osprey: Pandion Haliaetus: 16.0 mi
- Cat Witch: 16.1 mi
- The Headlands: 1.2 mi
- Brier Neck: 1.9 mi
- Bass Rocks: 2.6 mi
- Stage Head: 3.9 mi
- Town Head: 7.7 mi
- Ramp: 3.0 mi
- Boathouse: 3.0 mi
- Utility Building: 3.0 mi
- Cistern: 3.0 mi
- Tram Way: 3.0 mi
- I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 20.2 mi
- Seabrook Rest Area: 20.4 mi
- Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 22.6 mi
- Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 22.6 mi
- Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Southbound: 22.9 mi
- Rail Spring: 14.5 mi
- Lion's Spring: 21.9 mi
- Newbury Falls: 16.5 mi
- Hampton Falls: 21.5 mi
- Dogtown: 1.8 mi
- Pinetops Picnic Area: 23.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.6 miles of Conservation Land. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Ann | WSW 240° | 78 m | 5.7 mi |
| Red Rock | WSW 243° | 70 m | 5.4 mi |
| Pool Hill | NNW 343° | 66 m | 0.3 mi |
| Morse Hill | WSW 241° | 62 m | 7.4 mi |
| Pigeon Hill | N 8° | 61 m | 1.4 mi |
| Browns Hill | WSW 256° | 61 m | 11.2 mi |
| Bush Hill | W 277° | 61 m | 11.6 mi |
| Long Hill | SW 231° | 60 m | 7.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:47 | 18:18 | 18:55 |
| June solstice | 05:05 | 19:42 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:30 | 18:05 | 18:42 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 15:27 | 16:13 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 28 | 35 | 45 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 69 | 62 | 51 | 41 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Beverly, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29698772
Day trips start here
- Rockport · 1 mi
- Gloucester · 3 mi
- Essex · 8 mi
- Manchester · 9 mi
- North Shore · 9 mi
- Hamilton · 11 mi
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