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Mildred Perkins Conservation Area

Mildred Perkins Conservation Area from directly overhead

Mildred Perkins Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 38 m. Powow Hill stands 99 m to the east, 3.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Madison Way Open Space, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Independence Byway passes 5.8 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.85988, -71.01365

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Brush Hill: 0.4 mi
  • Pine Hill: 0.5 mi
  • Bear Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Highlands Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Red Oak Hill: 1.3 mi
Historic sites
Parks
  • Training Field: 1.7 mi
  • Greenie Park: 2.0 mi
  • Kimball Park: 2.1 mi
  • Steven's Field: 2.2 mi
  • Carriagetown Park: 2.7 mi
Beaches
  • Newton Town Beach: 2.8 mi
  • Hampstead Town Beach: 8.9 mi
  • Salisbury Beach: 10.1 mi
  • Seabrook Beach: 10.2 mi
  • Plum Island Beach: 10.4 mi
Museums
Gardens
  • Italian Garden: 4.9 mi
  • Rose Garden: 4.9 mi
  • Vegtable Garden: 4.9 mi
  • The Formal Gardens: 4.9 mi
  • Shallow-Cold Frames: 4.9 mi
Artworks
  • Native Fish: 7.7 mi
  • Peace Offering: 7.7 mi
  • Will He.: 7.7 mi
  • Brushstrokes: 7.7 mi
  • G-Swirl: 7.7 mi
Attractions
Cliffs: 20
Waterfalls: 14
  • Hampton Falls: 8.1 mi
  • Newbury Falls: 8.7 mi
  • Great Falls: 9.1 mi
  • Lower Falls: 9.1 mi
  • Piscassic Falls: 15.7 mi
Picnic sites: 13
Rest areas: 8
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 2.5 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 4.6 mi
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 6.7 mi
  • Seabrook Rest Area: 7.0 mi
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 9.3 mi
Springs: 4
  • Lion's Spring: 2.4 mi
  • Jailhouse Spring: 9.3 mi
  • Rail Spring: 9.8 mi
  • Two Sisters Spring: 22.1 mi
Lighthouses: 4
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 5.9 miles of Mildred Perkins Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Powow HillE 84°99 m3.9 mi
Ayers HillSSW 212°97 m4.3 mi
Red Oak HillSSW 210°93 m1.3 mi
Red Oak HillSSW 213°93 m1.4 mi
Chair HillENE 61°93 m3.8 mi
Sawyers HillENE 66°91 m2.1 mi
Morse HillN 1°91 m3.6 mi
Indian Ground HillNE 41°91 m3.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0619:4420:27
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:1215:2716:13

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262735465665727062514131
Precip in3.53.64.84.34.14.23.63.84.05.33.94.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Haverhill, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29744844

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