Liljas Pit
Liljas Pit is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 29 m. Mount Ann stands 78 m to the southwest, 6.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Wetlands, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 5.2 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 5.2 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
- 16.5 mi off the Coastal Byway
- 19.3 mi off the Independence Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Eagle Rock · 5 mi
- Wildlife Viewing Platform · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Town Wetlands: 0.2 mi
- Pingree Trails: 0.3 mi
- Pine Pit: 0.4 mi
- Woodland Acres: 0.4 mi
- Norwood Mills Wildlife Sanctuary: 0.4 mi
- Pingree Park: 0.3 mi
- Pigeon Hill Park: 0.3 mi
- Manning Park: 1.1 mi
- Millbrook Meadow: 1.3 mi
- Mill Pond Park: 1.4 mi
- Pigeon Hill: 0.3 mi
- Pool Hill: 1.4 mi
- Great Hill: 2.1 mi
- High Rock: 2.7 mi
- Nugent Boulders: 3.0 mi
- The Paper House: 0.4 mi
- Motif #1: 1.4 mi
- Whale's Jaw: 1.9 mi
- Peter's Pulpit: 2.4 mi
- Prosperity Follows Service: 2.8 mi
- Folly Cove Shore Dive Site: 0.9 mi
- Back Beach: 1.1 mi
- Front Beach: 1.3 mi
- Old Garden Beach: 1.7 mi
- Cape Hedge Beach: 3.1 mi
- Solomon Jacobs Landing: 4.8 mi
- Coast Guard Aviation Monument: 5.0 mi
- Ten Pound Island Lighthouse: 5.1 mi
- Fishermens' Monument: 5.1 mi
- World War II Memorial: 5.2 mi
- James A. Babson Museum: 2.7 mi
- CAM Green: 4.4 mi
- Cape Ann Museum: 4.6 mi
- Cape Ann Historical Museum: 4.7 mi
- Maritime Gloucester: 4.8 mi
- Cold Frames: 7.6 mi
- Formal Garden: 7.7 mi
- Rose Garden: 7.7 mi
- Bushee Garden: 12.8 mi
- Range Light Sculpture Garden: 15.2 mi
- Fitz Hugh Lane: 4.8 mi
- Fishermen's Wives Memorial: 5.2 mi
- Osprey: Pandion Haliaetus: 15.1 mi
- Sparrows: 15.3 mi
- Clyde: 15.4 mi
- The Headlands: 1.5 mi
- Brier Neck: 3.6 mi
- Bass Rocks: 4.3 mi
- Stage Head: 5.5 mi
- Bar Head Cliff: 7.5 mi
- Ramp: 3.8 mi
- Boathouse: 3.8 mi
- Utility Building: 3.8 mi
- Cape Ann Light (Twin Lights): 3.8 mi
- Tram Way: 3.8 mi
- I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 19.1 mi
- Seabrook Rest Area: 19.2 mi
- Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 21.3 mi
- Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Southbound: 21.6 mi
- Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 21.9 mi
- Rail Spring: 13.8 mi
- Lion's Spring: 21.0 mi
- Newbury Falls: 16.0 mi
- Hampton Falls: 20.2 mi
- Dogtown: 3.2 mi
- Pinetops Picnic Area: 24.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.9 miles of Liljas Pit. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Ann | SW 228° | 78 m | 6.8 mi |
| Red Rock | SW 230° | 70 m | 6.5 mi |
| Pool Hill | S 190° | 66 m | 1.4 mi |
| Morse Hill | SW 232° | 62 m | 8.4 mi |
| Pigeon Hill | S 173° | 61 m | 0.3 mi |
| Bush Hill | W 269° | 61 m | 11.7 mi |
| Browns Hill | WSW 248° | 61 m | 11.9 mi |
| Long Hill | SW 223° | 60 m | 8.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:47 | 18:18 | 18:55 |
| June solstice | 05:05 | 19:42 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:30 | 18:05 | 18:42 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 15:27 | 16:12 |
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 | 27 | 28 | 35 | 45 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 69 | 62 | 51 | 41 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Beverly, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29699368
Day trips start here
- Rockport · 2 mi
- Gloucester · 5 mi
- Essex · 8 mi
- Manchester · 10 mi
- North Shore · 10 mi
- Hamilton · 11 mi
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