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Heartbreak Hill Reservation

Heartbreak Hill Reservation from directly overhead

Heartbreak Hill Reservation is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. Mount Ann stands 78 m to the southeast, 6.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Heartbreak Hill Conservation Restriction, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 1.0 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.67240, -70.81677

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Heartbreak Hill: 0.3 mi
  • Treadwell Island: 1.4 mi
  • Tilton Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Town Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Timber Hill: 1.9 mi
Historic sites
Parks
  • Raymond Fields: 1.0 mi
  • Giles Firman Park: 1.0 mi
  • Sally's Pond: 1.1 mi
  • Father Ryc Park: 1.3 mi
  • Pony Express Farm Athletic Fields: 1.5 mi
Museums
Gardens
  • Rose Garden: 2.0 mi
  • Formal Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Cold Frames: 2.1 mi
  • Bushee Garden: 6.8 mi
  • The Woodland Garden: 7.7 mi
Beaches
Attractions
  • Corn Maze: 3.9 mi
  • The Rockery: 5.8 mi
  • Connors Farm: 7.5 mi
  • 17: 8.5 mi
  • 18: 8.5 mi
Artworks
  • Fishermen's Wives Memorial: 8.4 mi
  • Fitz Hugh Lane: 9.0 mi
  • Sparrows: 9.4 mi
  • Clyde: 9.5 mi
  • Eclipse: 9.7 mi
Cliffs: 22
Lighthouses: 20
Rest areas: 7
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 14.4 mi
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 14.7 mi
  • Seabrook Rest Area: 15.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 15.4 mi
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 18.2 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Newbury Falls: 7.8 mi
  • Hampton Falls: 16.6 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 20.5 mi
  • Great Falls: 22.3 mi
  • Lower Falls: 22.4 mi
Picnic sites: 5
Springs: 4
  • Rail Spring: 6.8 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 14.7 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 22.0 mi
  • Jailhouse Spring: 22.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.6 miles of Heartbreak Hill Reservation. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount AnnSE 134°78 m6.1 mi
Prospect HillWNW 300°77 m4.4 mi
Great HillWSW 255°75 m6.6 mi
Turkey HillWNW 285°74 m2.5 mi
Turner HillW 264°70 m3.7 mi
Red RockSE 130°70 m6.0 mi
Blueberry HillWSW 251°64 m4.5 mi
Morse HillSSE 149°62 m5.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1818:56
June solstice05:0619:4220:25
September equinox06:3118:0518:43
December solstice07:1115:2716:13

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272835455564706962514133
Precip in3.73.64.64.23.54.03.43.43.85.04.04.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Beverly, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29690189

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