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Great Meadow

Great Meadow from directly overhead

Great Meadow is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Baldpate Hill stands 107 m to the west-southwest, 5.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Joseph Moody Meadow, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 3.0 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Newbury
Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.75303, -70.91653

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Blue Hill: 0.3 mi
  • Skunk Hill: 0.5 mi
  • Longfellow Hill: 0.6 mi
  • Sunset Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Cedar Hill: 1.7 mi
Parks
  • Central Street Recreation & Natural Resource Area: 0.4 mi
  • Eiras Park: 3.2 mi
  • Town Common: 3.2 mi
  • Lower Green: 3.6 mi
  • Woodman Park: 4.0 mi
Gardens
  • The Fruit Trees & Conifers: 0.5 mi
  • The Drought Tolerant Garden: 0.5 mi
  • The White Border: 0.6 mi
  • The Woodland Garden: 0.6 mi
  • The Vegetable, Fruit & Herb Garden: 0.6 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Attractions
Beaches
  • Hood Pond Community Beach: 6.2 mi
  • The Knobbs: 6.2 mi
  • Plum Island Beach: 6.7 mi
  • Plum Island Beach: 6.9 mi
  • Clark Beach: 7.0 mi
Artworks: 58
  • Sparrows: 3.8 mi
  • Clyde: 3.9 mi
  • Eclipse: 4.0 mi
  • Torrential Flight: 4.1 mi
  • Will He.: 4.3 mi
Cliffs: 20
  • Great Neck: 6.5 mi
  • Wildcat Ledge: 7.4 mi
  • Bar Head Cliff: 8.1 mi
  • Coastal Bank Bluff: 8.4 mi
  • Sheep's Rock: 8.4 mi
Lighthouses: 17
Waterfalls: 11
  • Newbury Falls: 0.7 mi
  • Hampton Falls: 11.1 mi
  • Great Falls: 15.8 mi
  • Lower Falls: 15.9 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 21.2 mi
Picnic sites: 10
Rest areas: 8
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 6.9 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 8.2 mi
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 8.9 mi
  • Seabrook Rest Area: 9.3 mi
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 12.8 mi
Springs: 4
  • Rail Spring: 2.2 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 7.4 mi
  • Jailhouse Spring: 16.3 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 23.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.1 miles of Great Meadow. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Baldpate HillWSW 238°107 m5.9 mi
Shaven Crown HillWSW 238°98 m6.7 mi
Littles HillWSW 239°79 m5.0 mi
Brake HillWNW 292°78.64 m4.9 mi
Prospect HillSSE 159°77 m3.6 mi
Crow HillWNW 289°76.81 m4.7 mi
Archelaus HillNW 322°74 m3.9 mi
Turkey HillSSE 152°74 m5.6 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 solstice07:1215:2716:13

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, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29692114

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