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Meadows Drainage Area

Meadows Drainage Area from directly overhead

Meadows Drainage Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 10 m. Burrill Hill stands 87 m to the south-southwest, 5.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Danvers Meadows, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 9.0 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.56265, -70.94396

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Tapley Park: 0.4 mi
  • Danvers Square: 0.5 mi
  • Lawrence Street Playground: 0.5 mi
  • Stone Street Playground: 0.6 mi
  • Plains Park: 0.8 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Peaks
  • Lindall Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Whipple Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Dales Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Mount Pleasant: 1.4 mi
  • Folly Hill: 1.6 mi
Gardens
  • Community Gardens: 1.2 mi
  • Ropes Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Salem Community Gardens: 4.4 mi
  • Trinity Church Memorial Garden: 5.0 mi
  • Pickman Park Community Garden: 5.4 mi
Attractions
  • Connors Farm: 3.2 mi
  • Salem Cat Museum: 3.3 mi
  • BlackCraft Haunt: 3.7 mi
  • Count Orlok’s Nightmare Gallery: 3.8 mi
  • Bell: 3.8 mi
Beaches
Artworks
Cliffs: 48
Picnic sites: 23
  • Pinetops Picnic Area: 6.6 mi
  • Picnic Table: 15.2 mi
  • Picnic Area: 18.2 mi
  • Pine Knoll: 19.2 mi
  • Oak Lea: 19.3 mi
Lighthouses: 20
Rest areas: 6
  • Commissioners Landing: 15.6 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 17.7 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 18.4 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 19.4 mi
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 22.1 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Cascade Falls: 10.5 mi
  • Newbury Falls: 13.0 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 18.6 mi
  • Hampton Falls: 24.3 mi
Springs: 4
  • Quarry Spring: 12.0 mi
  • Rail Spring: 14.2 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 20.2 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 23.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.5 miles of Meadows Drainage Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Burrill HillSSW 203°87 m5.4 mi
Mount GileadSSW 207°77 m5.6 mi
Mount HermonSSW 201°76 m4.9 mi
Wills HillWNW 300°75 m4.7 mi
Great HillN 1°75 m5.9 mi
Mount MoriahSSW 207°74 m6.1 mi
Bald HillNNW 327°74 m6.2 mi
Witch HillN 352°70 m3.9 mi
Conditions

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 solstice07:1115:2816:14

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, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29692623

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