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Hunsley Hills Conservation Area

Hunsley Hills Conservation Area from directly overhead

Hunsley Hills Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 46 m. Baldpate Hill stands 107 m to the west, 4.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Hunsley Hills, a peak 0.2 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 1.9 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.70414, -70.91997

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Hunsley Hills: 0.2 mi
  • Smith Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Long Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Jewett Hill: 2.3 mi
Parks
  • Eiras Park: 0.3 mi
  • Benjamin Howe Memorial Park: 1.5 mi
  • Town Common: 2.1 mi
  • Central Street Recreation & Natural Resource Area: 3.2 mi
  • Pye Brook Community Park: 3.5 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions
Historic sites
Beaches
  • Hood Pond Community Beach: 3.1 mi
  • Clark Beach: 6.3 mi
  • The Knobbs: 6.5 mi
  • Middleton Town Beach: 6.8 mi
  • Steep Hill Beach: 6.9 mi
Gardens
  • The Fruit Trees & Conifers: 3.9 mi
  • The Drought Tolerant Garden: 3.9 mi
  • The Woodland Garden: 3.9 mi
  • The Gentian Garden: 3.9 mi
  • The Vegetable, Fruit & Herb Garden: 3.9 mi
Museums
Artworks
  • Sparrows: 7.0 mi
  • Clyde: 7.1 mi
  • Eclipse: 7.2 mi
  • Torrential Flight: 7.3 mi
  • Will He.: 7.5 mi
Cliffs: 23
Lighthouses: 14
Picnic sites: 11
Rest areas: 8
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 9.5 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 10.0 mi
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 12.3 mi
  • Seabrook Rest Area: 12.6 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 15.7 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Newbury Falls: 3.2 mi
  • Hampton Falls: 14.5 mi
  • Great Falls: 19.2 mi
  • Lower Falls: 19.3 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 19.6 mi
Springs: 4
  • Rail Spring: 4.6 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 10.6 mi
  • Jailhouse Spring: 19.7 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 20.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Baldpate HillW 273°107 m4.8 mi
Bayns HillW 263°100 m6.2 mi
Shaven Crown HillW 269°98 m5.5 mi
Littles HillW 281°79 m4.2 mi
Prospect HillE 90°77 m1.5 mi
Crow HillNW 319°76.81 m6.5 mi
Great HillSSW 195°75 m4.1 mi
Turkey HillESE 119°74 m3.2 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 solstice07:1115:2816:14

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, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29694197

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