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Mill Pond & Pipestave Hill Recreation Area

Mill Pond & Pipestave Hill Recreation Area from directly overhead

Mill Pond & Pipestave Hill Recreation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 19 m. Powow Hill stands 99 m to the north-northeast, 4.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Pipestave Hill, a peak 0.2 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 4.4 miles off.

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What to expect

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Getting there

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Coordinates42.80461, -70.96408

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Pipestave Hill: 0.2 mi
  • Archelaus Hill: 0.5 mi
  • Long Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Indian Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Isleys Hill: 1.8 mi
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Ferry Park: 1.7 mi
  • Carey Park: 1.8 mi
  • Carriagetown Park: 2.0 mi
  • Maudslay State Park: 2.4 mi
  • Cherry Hill Soccer Fields: 2.4 mi
Historic sites
  • Main House Site: 2.0 mi
  • Helen Moseley House Site: 2.2 mi
  • World War Honor Roll: 2.7 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 3.0 mi
  • The Captain's Well: 3.5 mi
Gardens
  • Rose Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Italian Garden: 2.1 mi
  • The Formal Gardens: 2.1 mi
  • Shallow-Cold Frames: 2.1 mi
  • Deep-Cold Frames: 2.1 mi
Museums
Artworks
  • Eclipse: 4.3 mi
  • Clyde: 4.3 mi
  • Torrential Flight: 4.3 mi
  • Sparrows: 4.3 mi
  • Will He.: 4.3 mi
Attractions
  • Market Square: 4.8 mi
  • Captain's Fishing Parties: 7.4 mi
  • Corn Maze: 9.0 mi
  • Al Gauron Fishing & Whale Watching: 10.0 mi
  • The Rockery: 11.9 mi
Beaches
  • Newton Town Beach: 7.3 mi
  • Plum Island Beach: 7.5 mi
  • Plum Island Beach: 7.9 mi
  • Salisbury Beach: 8.0 mi
  • Seabrook Beach: 9.3 mi
Cliffs: 23
  • Sheep's Rock: 7.4 mi
  • Wildcat Ledge: 9.0 mi
  • Great Neck: 10.6 mi
  • Bar Head Cliff: 12.0 mi
  • Coastal Bank Bluff: 12.4 mi
Lighthouses: 17
Picnic sites: 14
Waterfalls: 11
  • Newbury Falls: 4.2 mi
  • Hampton Falls: 8.7 mi
  • Great Falls: 12.3 mi
  • Lower Falls: 12.3 mi
  • Piscassic Falls: 19.2 mi
Rest areas: 8
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 2.8 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 5.0 mi
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 6.6 mi
  • Seabrook Rest Area: 7.0 mi
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 10.4 mi
Springs: 3
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.1 miles of Mill Pond & Pipestave Hill Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Powow HillNNE 17°99 m4.4 mi
Ayers HillW 272°97 m4.8 mi
Red Oak HillNW 310°93 m4.2 mi
Red Oak HillNW 308°93 m4.2 mi
Chair HillN 8°93 m5.8 mi
Sawyers HillN 353°91 m4.7 mi
Highlands HillNW 315°88 m4.6 mi
Brandy Brow HillWNW 294°87 m5.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0619:4320:27
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 °F262936475767727163514132
Precip in3.73.64.94.23.84.23.63.44.14.93.94.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Groveland, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29689870

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