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Kettle Cove Marsh Conservation Area

Kettle Cove Marsh Conservation Area from directly overhead

Kettle Cove Marsh Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Mount Ann stands 78 m to the north, 2.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Crow Island Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 2.7 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.57790, -70.73549

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Beaches
Peaks
  • Long Hill: 0.7 mi
  • Hildreth Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Eagle Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Lambert Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Woodchuck Hill: 1.2 mi
Parks
  • Magnolia Surf Park: 1.0 mi
  • Magnolia Park: 1.0 mi
  • Knowlton Park: 1.1 mi
  • Kettle Cove Field: 1.1 mi
  • Sweeney Park: 1.1 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Tablet Rock: 3.4 mi
  • Greasy Pole: 4.1 mi
  • Schooner Thomas E. Lannon: 4.3 mi
  • 7 Seas Whale Watch: 4.3 mi
  • Schooner Adventure: 4.5 mi
Artworks
Gardens
  • Cold Frames: 7.6 mi
  • Formal Garden: 7.8 mi
  • Rose Garden: 7.8 mi
  • Salem Community Gardens: 9.0 mi
  • Ropes Garden: 9.2 mi
Cliffs: 31
Lighthouses: 20
Rest areas: 5
Springs: 3
  • Rail Spring: 14.5 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 21.2 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 22.4 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Newbury Falls: 15.4 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 19.6 mi
  • Hampton Falls: 23.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Pinetops Picnic Area: 16.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.9 miles of Kettle Cove Marsh Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount AnnN 7°78 m2.3 mi
Red RockN 9°70 m2.7 mi
Pool HillNE 43°66 m7.5 mi
Morse HillNW 323°62 m2.0 mi
Browns HillWNW 293°61 m6.1 mi
Long HillNNW 337°60 m0.7 mi
Eveleth HillNW 313°57 m5.1 mi
Great HillW 275°56 m3.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4718:1818:55
June solstice05:0619:4220:25
September equinox06:3118:0518:42
December solstice07:1015:2716:13

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, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29694282

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