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Kent Way Land

Kent Way Land from directly overhead

Kent Way Land is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 18 m. Baldpate Hill stands 107 m to the southwest, 4.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Johnson Mill, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 4.4 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
2000-09-25
Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.75648, -70.94529

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Longfellow Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Skunk Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Blue Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Crane Neck Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Isleys Hill: 1.8 mi
Parks
  • Central Street Recreation & Natural Resource Area: 1.2 mi
  • American Legion Park: 3.0 mi
  • Harry Murch Park: 3.2 mi
  • Eiras Park: 3.7 mi
  • Woodman Park: 4.0 mi
Gardens
  • The Fruit Trees & Conifers: 1.7 mi
  • The White Border: 1.7 mi
  • The Hosta Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Daylily Borders: 1.7 mi
  • The Island Bed: 1.7 mi
Historic sites
Artworks: 60
  • Sparrows: 4.5 mi
  • Clyde: 4.6 mi
  • Eclipse: 4.7 mi
  • Torrential Flight: 4.8 mi
  • Will He.: 4.9 mi
Museums
Attractions
Beaches
  • Hood Pond Community Beach: 6.1 mi
  • The Knobbs: 7.7 mi
  • Plum Island Beach: 7.7 mi
  • Plum Island Beach: 8.0 mi
  • Clark Beach: 8.4 mi
Cliffs: 20
  • Wildcat Ledge: 6.5 mi
  • Great Neck: 7.9 mi
  • Sheep's Rock: 9.0 mi
  • Bar Head Cliff: 9.5 mi
  • Coastal Bank Bluff: 9.8 mi
Lighthouses: 17
Waterfalls: 12
  • Newbury Falls: 0.9 mi
  • Hampton Falls: 11.3 mi
  • Great Falls: 15.5 mi
  • Lower Falls: 15.6 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 20.0 mi
Picnic sites: 11
Rest areas: 8
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 5.8 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 6.8 mi
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 9.1 mi
  • Seabrook Rest Area: 9.5 mi
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 13.0 mi
Springs: 4
  • Rail Spring: 3.6 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 6.8 mi
  • Jailhouse Spring: 16.0 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 23.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.0 miles of Kent Way Land. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Baldpate HillSW 227°107 m4.9 mi
Bayns HillSW 228°100 m6.6 mi
Shaven Crown HillSW 229°98 m5.7 mi
Ayers HillWNW 301°97 m6.7 mi
Long HillNNW 326°81 m6.7 mi
Dead HillW 260°80 m5.9 mi
Littles HillSW 225°79 m4.0 mi
Golden HillW 281°79 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 solstice07:1215:2816:13

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, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29693069

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