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Newbury Perennial Gardens

Newbury Perennial Gardens from directly overhead

Newbury Perennial Gardens is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Baldpate Hill stands 107 m to the west-southwest, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Hoopes Saltmarsh, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 2.7 miles off.

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What to expect

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Getting there

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Coordinates42.75820, -70.90786

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Gardens
  • The Woodland Garden: 0.2 mi
  • The Gentian Garden: 0.2 mi
  • The Vegetable, Fruit & Herb Garden: 0.2 mi
  • The Drought Tolerant Garden: 0.2 mi
  • The Vegetable, Fruit & Herb Garden: 0.2 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
  • Blue Hill: 0.4 mi
  • Sunset Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Skunk Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Longfellow Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Cedar Hill: 1.2 mi
Parks
  • Central Street Recreation & Natural Resource Area: 0.9 mi
  • Lower Green: 3.1 mi
  • Town Common: 3.3 mi
  • Eiras Park: 3.6 mi
  • Woodman Park: 3.7 mi
Museums
Attractions
Beaches
  • The Knobbs: 5.9 mi
  • Plum Island Beach: 6.1 mi
  • Plum Island Beach: 6.3 mi
  • Hood Pond Community Beach: 6.7 mi
  • Clark Beach: 6.8 mi
Artworks: 58
  • Sparrows: 3.3 mi
  • Clyde: 3.4 mi
  • Eclipse: 3.5 mi
  • Torrential Flight: 3.6 mi
  • Will He.: 3.8 mi
Cliffs: 20
  • Great Neck: 6.4 mi
  • Bar Head Cliff: 7.9 mi
  • Sheep's Rock: 7.9 mi
  • Wildcat Ledge: 8.0 mi
  • Coastal Bank Bluff: 8.2 mi
Lighthouses: 17
Waterfalls: 12
  • Newbury Falls: 1.2 mi
  • Hampton Falls: 10.7 mi
  • Great Falls: 15.5 mi
  • Lower Falls: 15.6 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 21.7 mi
Picnic sites: 11
Rest areas: 8
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 7.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 8.4 mi
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 8.5 mi
  • Seabrook Rest Area: 8.9 mi
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 12.4 mi
Springs: 4
  • Rail Spring: 1.7 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 7.2 mi
  • Jailhouse Spring: 16.0 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 24.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.2 miles of Newbury Perennial Gardens. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Baldpate HillWSW 237°107 m6.5 mi
Littles HillWSW 238°79 m5.6 mi
Brake HillWNW 287°78.64 m5.1 mi
Prospect HillSSE 167°77 m3.8 mi
Crow HillWNW 284°76.81 m5.1 mi
Whittier HillNNW 345°76 m7.2 mi
Archelaus HillNW 314°74 m3.9 mi
Turkey HillSSE 157°74 m5.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0619:4320:26
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, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29693757

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