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Norris Brook Conservation Area

Norris Brook Conservation Area from directly overhead

Norris Brook Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 27 m. Castle Rock stands 87 m to the south-southwest, 5.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Ipswich River&Norris Brook, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.56344, -70.99789

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Emily Maher Park: 0.5 mi
  • Corbiel Park: 0.8 mi
  • Lt. Ross Park: 1.3 mi
  • Kennedy Athletic Fields: 1.3 mi
  • Willowbrae Park: 1.5 mi
Peaks
  • Uptons Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Waldens Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Pine Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Whipple Hill: 2.0 mi
  • Mount Pleasant: 2.2 mi
Gardens
  • Community Gardens: 1.7 mi
  • Trinity Church Memorial Garden: 5.1 mi
  • Ropes Garden: 5.8 mi
  • Salem Community Gardens: 6.5 mi
  • Herb Garden: 6.6 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Beaches
  • Middleton Town Beach: 3.9 mi
  • Pearce Lake Beach: 5.3 mi
  • Collins Cove Beach: 6.2 mi
  • Dane Street Beach: 6.4 mi
  • Dane Street Beach: 6.6 mi
Attractions
  • Connors Farm: 4.4 mi
  • Echo Rock: 4.9 mi
  • Steel Tower: 5.2 mi
  • Salem Cat Museum: 5.3 mi
  • Union Rock: 5.6 mi
Artworks
Cliffs: 50
Picnic sites: 23
  • Pinetops Picnic Area: 5.3 mi
  • Picnic Table: 12.8 mi
  • Picnic Area: 15.4 mi
  • Picnic Site 1: 17.4 mi
  • Picnic Site 2: 17.7 mi
Lighthouses: 20
Rest areas: 7
  • Commissioners Landing: 14.7 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 16.9 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 17.4 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 18.0 mi
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 22.6 mi
Springs: 5
  • Quarry Spring: 10.4 mi
  • Rail Spring: 15.0 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 20.1 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 21.1 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 24.8 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Cascade Falls: 9.1 mi
  • Newbury Falls: 13.4 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 15.9 mi
  • Hampton Falls: 24.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.7 miles of Norris Brook Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Castle RockSSW 205°87.2 m5.7 mi
Burrill HillS 173°87 m5.1 mi
Crow HillSSW 204°82.9 m5.6 mi
Mount GileadS 177°77 m5.1 mi
Mount HermonSSE 168°76 m4.7 mi
Aslebe HillNW 312°76 m6.3 mi
Wills HillNNW 330°75 m2.6 mi
Great HillNNE 26°75 m6.5 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, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29693330

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