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Mt Vernon Cons. Land

Mt Vernon Cons. Land from directly overhead

Mt Vernon Cons. Land is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 21 m. Holt Hill stands 128 m to the northwest, 5.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Henry Tragert Town Common, a park 0.1 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 10 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.59291, -71.01089

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Henry Tragert Town Common: 0.1 mi
  • Howe-Manning Recreation Area: 0.4 mi
  • Hocter Park: 0.9 mi
  • Peabody Street Landing: 1.8 mi
  • Emily Maher Park: 1.8 mi
Peaks
  • Wills Hill: 0.7 mi
  • Bare Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Gould Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Ferncroft Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Nichols Hill: 2.4 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches
  • Middleton Town Beach: 2.2 mi
  • Hood Pond Community Beach: 5.9 mi
  • Pearce Lake Beach: 7.1 mi
  • Dane Street Beach: 7.7 mi
  • Collins Cove Beach: 7.8 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Community Gardens: 2.8 mi
  • Trinity Church Memorial Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Davis Hayfield Pollinator Garden: 4.7 mi
  • Ropes Garden: 7.5 mi
  • Salem Community Gardens: 8.3 mi
Museums
Attractions
  • Connors Farm: 4.0 mi
  • The Rockery: 5.5 mi
  • Echo Rock: 7.0 mi
  • Salem Cat Museum: 7.1 mi
  • Steel Tower: 7.3 mi
Artworks
Cliffs: 48
  • Skull Cliff: 5.8 mi
  • Wildcat Ledge: 6.3 mi
  • Always Sunny Wall: 7.0 mi
  • The Cellar: 7.2 mi
  • Lookout Cliff: 9.4 mi
Picnic sites: 23
  • Pinetops Picnic Area: 7.1 mi
  • Picnic Table: 11.3 mi
  • Picnic Area: 14.7 mi
  • Picnic Site 1: 18.3 mi
  • North Grove Catering: 18.6 mi
Lighthouses: 20
Rest areas: 9
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 14.8 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 15.5 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 15.9 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 16.5 mi
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 20.8 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Cascade Falls: 10.7 mi
  • Newbury Falls: 11.6 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 14.8 mi
  • Hampton Falls: 23.1 mi
Springs: 4
  • Quarry Spring: 11.9 mi
  • Rail Spring: 13.5 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 18.2 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 20.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.4 miles of Mt Vernon Cons. Land. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Holt HillNW 304°128 m5.9 mi
Mills HillNW 317°121 m7.4 mi
Boston HillNW 311°117 m5.6 mi
Town Farm HillNNW 328°117 m7.0 mi
Claypit HillNW 317°116 m6.6 mi
Bayns HillNNW 347°100 m7.1 mi
Woodchuck HillNW 325°96 m6.1 mi
Pine HillNW 308°91 m7.1 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, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29830070

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