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Laws Point

Laws Point from directly overhead

Laws Point is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 0 m. Prospect Hill stands 77 m to the southwest, 3.2 miles off. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 1.0 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.73200, -70.84099

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
  • Laws Point: 0.1 mi
  • Club Head Creek/Bowlen Saltmarsh: 0.4 mi
  • Conservation Land: 0.4 mi
  • Conservation Land: 0.4 mi
  • Conservation Land: 0.5 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
  • Ox Pasture Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Eagle Hill: 2.2 mi
  • North Ridge: 2.4 mi
  • Jewett Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Old Town Hill: 2.6 mi
Beaches
Museums
Parks
  • Lower Green: 2.4 mi
  • Town Common: 2.4 mi
  • Daniel Boone Park: 3.0 mi
  • Bialek Park: 3.3 mi
  • Great Neck Park: 3.3 mi
Gardens: 60
  • Bushee Garden: 2.5 mi
  • The Woodland Garden: 4.0 mi
  • The Gentian Garden: 4.0 mi
  • The Flame Garden: 4.0 mi
  • The Shade Garden: 4.0 mi
Attractions
Artworks: 58
  • Sparrows: 5.1 mi
  • Clyde: 5.2 mi
  • Eclipse: 5.4 mi
  • Torrential Flight: 5.4 mi
  • Osprey: Pandion Haliaetus: 5.6 mi
Cliffs: 21
Lighthouses: 17
Picnic sites: 9
  • Pinetops Picnic Area: 19.2 mi
  • Picnic Table: 19.6 mi
  • Stratham Town Landing: 19.7 mi
  • Cowbell Corner Picnic Area: 20.6 mi
  • Birthday Bay: 21.2 mi
Rest areas: 8
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 10.4 mi
  • Seabrook Rest Area: 10.7 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 10.8 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 12.3 mi
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 14.0 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • Newbury Falls: 4.6 mi
  • Hampton Falls: 12.4 mi
  • Great Falls: 18.0 mi
  • Lower Falls: 18.1 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 23.1 mi
Springs: 4
  • Rail Spring: 2.7 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 10.6 mi
  • Jailhouse Spring: 18.6 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 24.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.8 miles of Laws Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Prospect HillSW 233°77 m3.2 mi
Great HillSW 221°75 m7.8 mi
Turkey HillSSW 199°74 m3.7 mi
Archelaus HillNW 306°74 m7.7 mi
Turner HillSSW 209°70 m5.1 mi
Crane Neck HillWNW 291°69 m7.3 mi
Long HillW 260°64 m5.8 mi
Blueberry HillSSW 209°64 m6.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1818:56
June solstice05:0619:4320:26
September equinox06:3118:0518:43
December solstice07:1115:2716:13

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, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29688650

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