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Mill Pond Conservation Area

Mill Pond Conservation Area from directly overhead

Mill Pond Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 18 m. Castle Rock stands 87 m to the south-southwest, 4.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Hoover Street Wetlands, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.54944, -71.00510

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Corbiel Park: 0.3 mi
  • Kennedy Athletic Fields: 0.4 mi
  • Lt. Ross Park: 0.7 mi
  • Squanto Park site: 0.9 mi
  • Willowbrae Park: 0.9 mi
Peaks
  • Waldens Hill: 0.7 mi
  • Uptons Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Pine Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Huckleberry Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Mount Pleasant: 2.2 mi
Gardens
  • Community Gardens: 2.5 mi
  • Herb Garden: 5.6 mi
  • Ropes Garden: 5.7 mi
  • Trinity Church Memorial Garden: 6.1 mi
  • Salem Community Gardens: 6.4 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Attractions
  • Echo Rock: 4.0 mi
  • Steel Tower: 4.2 mi
  • Union Rock: 4.7 mi
  • Dungeon Rock: 4.7 mi
  • Salem Cat Museum: 5.1 mi
Beaches
Artworks
Cliffs: 50
Picnic sites: 23
  • Pinetops Picnic Area: 4.2 mi
  • Picnic Table: 13.0 mi
  • Picnic Area: 15.2 mi
  • Picnic Site 1: 16.4 mi
  • Picnic Site 2: 16.8 mi
Lighthouses: 20
Rest areas: 8
  • Commissioners Landing: 13.7 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 17.8 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 18.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 18.9 mi
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 23.6 mi
Springs: 5
  • Quarry Spring: 9.4 mi
  • Rail Spring: 16.1 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 20.8 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 21.1 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 23.7 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Cascade Falls: 8.1 mi
  • Newbury Falls: 14.4 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 15.9 mi
  • Rock Falls: 24.1 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.3 miles of Mill Pond Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Castle RockSSW 205°87.2 m4.7 mi
Burrill HillSSE 166°87 m4.2 mi
Crow HillSSW 204°82.9 m4.6 mi
Mount GileadS 172°77 m4.1 mi
Mount HermonSSE 160°76 m3.9 mi
Wills HillNNW 344°75 m3.4 mi
Rocky HillSSW 199°74.4 m4.9 mi
Mount MoriahS 175°74 m4.6 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 solstice07:1115:2916:14

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262834465665716962514131
Precip in3.53.34.54.33.74.23.83.33.84.74.04.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Middleton, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29830627

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