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Conservation Restriction

Conservation Restriction from directly overhead

Conservation Restriction is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 56 m. Moose Hill stands 163 m to the southeast, 6.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Lowell Mason Museum and Music Center, a museum 0.1 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 4.9 miles off.

What the record says

Built
2005-03-04

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.19255, -71.30225

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Artworks
Parks
  • Meeting House Pond: 0.4 mi
  • Baxter Park: 0.6 mi
  • McCarthy Park: 1.7 mi
  • Pheasant Hill Park: 3.0 mi
  • Oak Grove Farm: 3.3 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
Attractions
  • 2: 2.1 mi
  • 1: 2.1 mi
  • 14: 2.3 mi
  • 13: 2.3 mi
  • 15: 2.3 mi
Beaches
  • Turner Pond Beach: 3.4 mi
  • Shapiro Beach: 4.0 mi
  • Powissett Beach: 4.1 mi
  • South Beach: 4.2 mi
  • North Beach: 4.5 mi
Gardens
Cliffs: 46
  • King Philip Rock: 10.1 mi
  • The Wall: 10.1 mi
  • King Philip Cave: 10.2 mi
  • Condo Rock: 10.3 mi
  • Breakneck Ledge: 10.4 mi
Picnic sites: 40
  • Oak Grove: 11.5 mi
  • 36: 13.2 mi
  • 35: 13.2 mi
  • 16-34: 13.3 mi
  • 1: 13.3 mi
Rest areas: 7
  • Westwood Rest Area: 7.6 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 12.7 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 13.2 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 16.4 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 18.9 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 12.1 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 19.6 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 15.4 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 20.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.6 miles of Conservation Restriction. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Moose HillSE 136°163 m6.6 mi
Bluff HillSE 141°138 m7.0 mi
Snow HillNNE 18°137 m2.3 mi
Cedar HillNE 41°134 m2.0 mi
Bald HillWNW 282°132 m7.3 mi
Pegan HillN 359°125 m4.0 mi
Brush HillNW 314°121 m5.9 mi
Dudley HillSSE 152°116 m7.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:57
June solstice05:1019:4320:26
September equinox06:3318:0718:44
December solstice07:1115:3116:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038495968737264534334
Precip in3.93.44.84.43.64.23.64.03.75.04.15.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Walpole 2, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/913753031

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