Joppa Flats Education Center
Joppa Flats Education Center is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Powow Hill stands 99 m to the northwest, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Perkins Park & Playground, a park 0.4 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 0.7 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 1999-08-16
What to expect
- Access
- restricted
How to reach it
- 0.7 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
- 5.2 mi off the Coastal Byway
- 7.5 mi off the Independence Byway
- 25.8 mi off the The Apple Way of Londonderry
Overlooks nearby
- Wildlife Viewing Platform · 2 mi
- Eagle Rock · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Perkins Park & Playground: 0.4 mi
- Joppa Park: 0.8 mi
- Clipper City Rail Trail: 0.8 mi
- Clipper City Rail Trail: 0.9 mi
- Clipper City Rail Trail: 0.9 mi
- Spencer-Pierce-Little Farm: 0.6 mi
- Seagate Open Space: 0.7 mi
- Island North of Bridge: 1.3 mi
- Plumbush Saltmarsh: 1.3 mi
- Graf Reservation: 1.3 mi
- Coffin House: 0.8 mi
- Custom House Maritime Museum: 1.4 mi
- Lower Green Schoolhouse: 2.3 mi
- Dole-Little House: 2.5 mi
- Lowell's Boat Shop: 4.5 mi
- Osprey: Pandion Haliaetus: 1.1 mi
- Sparrows: 1.6 mi
- Clyde: 1.6 mi
- Eclipse: 1.7 mi
- Torrential Flight: 1.7 mi
- Oak Hill: 1.2 mi
- LIttle Old Town Hill: 1.8 mi
- Wolf's Den Hill: 1.9 mi
- Adams Place Hill: 1.9 mi
- Old Town Hill: 2.1 mi
- Range Light Sculpture Garden: 1.2 mi
- Peace Garden: 1.4 mi
- Alchemical Garden: 1.6 mi
- Berry Labyrinth: 1.6 mi
- Bushee Garden: 2.3 mi
- Sgt. Donald Wilkinson Memorial: 1.3 mi
- Cliff and Marie Walker Memorial Bench: 1.4 mi
- Don Burlingame Memorial Bench: 1.4 mi
- Independent Marine Company Plack: 1.4 mi
- Bicentennial of the United States Coast Guard: 1.4 mi
- Market Square: 1.4 mi
- Captain's Fishing Parties: 1.8 mi
- Al Gauron Fishing & Whale Watching: 7.1 mi
- Corn Maze: 8.2 mi
- Fuller Gardens: 11.8 mi
- Plum Island Beach: 1.9 mi
- Plum Island Beach: 2.2 mi
- Salisbury Beach: 3.4 mi
- The Knobbs: 5.4 mi
- Seabrook Beach: 6.0 mi
- Front Range Light: 1.2 mi
- Ten Pound Island Light: 16.5 mi
- Ramp: 17.7 mi
- Boathouse: 17.7 mi
- Utility Building: 17.7 mi
- Sheep's Rock: 4.2 mi
- Great Neck: 6.9 mi
- Bar Head Cliff: 7.6 mi
- Coastal Bank Bluff: 8.4 mi
- Wildcat Ledge: 12.2 mi
- Stratham Town Landing: 15.1 mi
- Birthday Bay: 16.6 mi
- 4H Pavilion: 16.8 mi
- Scamman Pavilion: 16.8 mi
- Front Pavilion: 16.8 mi
- Newbury Falls: 5.4 mi
- Hampton Falls: 7.7 mi
- Great Falls: 13.5 mi
- Lower Falls: 13.5 mi
- Piscassic Falls: 20.2 mi
- I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 5.8 mi
- Seabrook Rest Area: 6.1 mi
- Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 8.6 mi
- Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 9.3 mi
- Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Southbound: 9.6 mi
- Rail Spring: 3.0 mi
- Lion's Spring: 7.1 mi
- Jailhouse Spring: 14.1 mi
- Dogtown: 14.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.2 miles of Joppa Flats Education Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Powow Hill | NW 315° | 99 m | 6.5 mi |
| Chair Hill | NW 320° | 93 m | 7.9 mi |
| Ring Hill | WNW 303° | 80.72 m | 8.0 mi |
| Brake Hill | W 260° | 78.64 m | 8.1 mi |
| Prospect Hill | SSW 199° | 77 m | 7.0 mi |
| Crow Hill | WSW 258° | 76.81 m | 8.2 mi |
| Whittier Hill | NW 309° | 76 m | 6.4 mi |
| Archelaus Hill | W 268° | 74 m | 5.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:48 | 18:18 | 18:56 |
| June solstice | 05:06 | 19:43 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:31 | 18:05 | 18:43 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:27 | 16:13 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 29 | 36 | 47 | 57 | 67 | 72 | 71 | 63 | 51 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 3.9 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Groveland, 11 mi away.
- common dandelion95 obs
- Long-tailed Duck70 obs
- Great Egret51 obs
- Gadwall49 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel44 obs
- Common Goldeneye40 obs
- Bald Eagle39 obs
- tansy39 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/29688419
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