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Marble Meadows Conservation Area

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Marble Meadows Conservation Area from directly overhead

Marble Meadows Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 17 m. Castle Rock stands 87 m to the southwest, 5.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Lalikos Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.53755, -70.96358

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Lalikos Park: 0.4 mi
  • Scouting Woods Disc Golf Course: 1.0 mi
  • Forest Street Park: 1.0 mi
  • James Street Park: 1.5 mi
  • Lt. Ross Park: 1.6 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Mount Pleasant: 0.7 mi
  • Buxton Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Fox Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Whipple Hill: 2.3 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 2.6 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Community Gardens: 2.3 mi
  • Ropes Garden: 3.4 mi
  • Salem Community Gardens: 4.2 mi
  • Pickman Park Community Garden: 4.7 mi
  • Herb Garden: 5.3 mi
Attractions
  • Salem Cat Museum: 2.9 mi
  • Echo Rock: 3.3 mi
  • BlackCraft Haunt: 3.6 mi
  • Count Orlok’s Nightmare Gallery: 3.7 mi
  • Steel Tower: 3.7 mi
Artworks
Beaches
Cliffs: 49
Picnic sites: 22
  • Pinetops Picnic Area: 4.7 mi
  • Picnic Table: 15.2 mi
  • Pine Knoll: 17.2 mi
  • Oak Lea: 17.3 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 17.4 mi
Lighthouses: 20
Rest areas: 7
  • Commissioners Landing: 13.6 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 19.1 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 19.9 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 19.9 mi
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 24.0 mi
Springs: 5
  • Quarry Spring: 10.1 mi
  • Rail Spring: 16.1 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 21.9 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 23.0 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 23.3 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Cascade Falls: 8.6 mi
  • Newbury Falls: 14.8 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 18.1 mi
  • Rock Falls: 23.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.6 miles of Marble Meadows Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Castle RockSW 231°87.2 m5.3 mi
Burrill HillSSW 199°87 m3.5 mi
Crow HillSW 230°82.9 m5.2 mi
Mount GileadSSW 205°77 m3.6 mi
Mount HermonSSW 195°76 m2.9 mi
Wills HillNW 323°75 m5.1 mi
Rocky HillSW 224°74.4 m5.3 mi
Mount MoriahSSW 205°74 m4.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0719:4320:26
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:1115:2916:14

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283037475766727163524334
Precip in3.22.94.24.33.43.83.53.33.64.54.04.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Beverly Muni AP, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29690169

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