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Indian Hill Conservation Area (Pikes Bridge Road Conservation Area)

Indian Hill Conservation Area (Pikes Bridge Road Conservation Area) from directly overhead

Indian Hill Conservation Area (Pikes Bridge Road Conservation Area) is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. Powow Hill stands 99 m to the north, 5.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Indian Hill, a peak 0.4 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 3.6 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Essex County Greenbelt Association
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.78728, -70.94024

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Indian Hill: 0.4 mi
  • Turkey Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Isleys Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Archelaus Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Pipestave Hill: 1.7 mi
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Woodman Park: 2.0 mi
  • Cherry Hill Soccer Fields: 2.3 mi
  • Central Street Recreation & Natural Resource Area: 2.7 mi
  • Maudslay State Park: 2.8 mi
  • Three Roads: 3.2 mi
Gardens
  • Daylily Borders: 2.3 mi
  • The White Border: 2.3 mi
  • The Hosta Garden: 2.3 mi
  • The Island Bed: 2.3 mi
  • The Heather Border: 2.4 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Sparrows: 3.2 mi
  • Clyde: 3.3 mi
  • Eclipse: 3.3 mi
  • Torrential Flight: 3.3 mi
  • Will He.: 3.4 mi
Attractions
  • Market Square: 3.9 mi
  • Captain's Fishing Parties: 6.4 mi
  • Corn Maze: 7.4 mi
  • Al Gauron Fishing & Whale Watching: 10.0 mi
  • The Rockery: 10.5 mi
Museums
Beaches
  • Plum Island Beach: 6.6 mi
  • Plum Island Beach: 6.9 mi
  • Salisbury Beach: 7.4 mi
  • The Knobbs: 8.2 mi
  • Hood Pond Community Beach: 8.2 mi
Cliffs: 18
  • Sheep's Rock: 7.2 mi
  • Wildcat Ledge: 8.4 mi
  • Great Neck: 8.9 mi
  • Bar Head Cliff: 10.3 mi
  • Coastal Bank Bluff: 10.7 mi
Lighthouses: 17
Picnic sites: 14
Waterfalls: 12
  • Newbury Falls: 2.6 mi
  • Hampton Falls: 9.2 mi
  • Great Falls: 13.4 mi
  • Lower Falls: 13.5 mi
  • Piscassic Falls: 20.4 mi
Rest areas: 8
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 4.5 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 6.3 mi
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 7.0 mi
  • Seabrook Rest Area: 7.4 mi
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 10.9 mi
Springs: 3
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.3 miles of Indian Hill Conservation Area (Pikes Bridge Road Conservation Area). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Powow HillN 1°99 m5.4 mi
Ayers HillWNW 283°97 m6.1 mi
Red Oak HillNW 312°93 m5.9 mi
Red Oak HillNW 310°93 m5.9 mi
Sawyers HillNNW 343°91 m6.1 mi
Corliss HillWNW 292°84 m6.3 mi
Long HillNW 311°81 m5.3 mi
Ring HillNNW 339°80.72 m5.7 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/1020173754

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