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Hampshire Woods Conservation Area

Hampshire Woods Conservation Area from directly overhead

Hampshire Woods Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 53 m. Mills Hill stands 121 m to the southwest, 5.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Recharge Area, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 7.3 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
2003-12-10
Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.72657, -71.02592

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Gardens
  • Georgetown Community Garden: 0.8 mi
  • Davis Hayfield Pollinator Garden: 4.6 mi
  • The Fruit Trees & Conifers: 6.2 mi
  • The White Border: 6.2 mi
  • The Drought Tolerant Garden: 6.2 mi
Peaks
  • Baldpate Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Littles Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Shaven Crown Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Dead Hill: 2.0 mi
  • Mount Perry: 2.2 mi
Parks
  • Washington Park: 1.5 mi
  • American Legion Park: 1.7 mi
  • Harry Murch Park: 1.9 mi
  • Shanahan Field: 2.1 mi
  • Johnson Field: 2.2 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Beaches
Attractions
Artworks
  • Bicentennial Statue: 7.5 mi
  • Armillary Sphere: 7.7 mi
  • Sparrows: 9.0 mi
  • Clyde: 9.1 mi
  • Eclipse: 9.2 mi
Cliffs: 24
  • Wildcat Ledge: 3.0 mi
  • Great Neck: 11.2 mi
  • Coastal Bank Bluff: 13.0 mi
  • Bar Head Cliff: 13.0 mi
  • Sheep's Rock: 13.2 mi
Lighthouses: 14
Picnic sites: 12
Rest areas: 8
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 5.6 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 6.7 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 10.1 mi
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 12.8 mi
  • Seabrook Rest Area: 13.2 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • Newbury Falls: 5.2 mi
  • Hampton Falls: 15.0 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 15.4 mi
  • Great Falls: 18.1 mi
  • Lower Falls: 18.1 mi
Springs: 5
  • Rail Spring: 8.0 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 9.3 mi
  • Jailhouse Spring: 18.4 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 20.5 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 22.1 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.6 miles of Hampshire Woods Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mills HillSW 228°121 m5.7 mi
Town Farm HillSW 222°117 m4.4 mi
Boston HillSSW 212°117 m6.5 mi
Claypit HillSW 220°116 m5.8 mi
Baldpate HillSSE 157°107 m1.4 mi
Osgood HillWSW 252°105 m4.4 mi
Bayns HillSSW 199°100 m2.5 mi
Byers HillWSW 256°99 m3.2 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/29860635

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