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Old Ferry Landing

Old Ferry Landing from directly overhead

Old Ferry Landing is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 7 m. Prospect Hill stands 77 m to the west-northwest, 3.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Ford Field, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 0.5 miles off.

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What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.68205, -70.82853

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Museums
Parks
  • Sally's Pond: 0.6 mi
  • Daniel Boone Park: 0.7 mi
  • Giles Firman Park: 0.7 mi
  • Father Ryc Park: 0.9 mi
  • Bialek Park: 1.0 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
  • Heartbreak Hill: 0.7 mi
  • Timber Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Treadwell Island: 1.4 mi
  • Bush Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Eagle Hill: 1.7 mi
Beaches
Gardens
  • Rose Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Formal Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Cold Frames: 2.6 mi
  • Bushee Garden: 6.0 mi
  • The Woodland Garden: 6.8 mi
Attractions
  • Corn Maze: 3.2 mi
  • The Rockery: 5.7 mi
  • Connors Farm: 7.4 mi
  • Market Square: 9.2 mi
  • 17: 9.2 mi
Artworks
  • Sparrows: 8.6 mi
  • Clyde: 8.7 mi
  • Eclipse: 8.9 mi
  • Torrential Flight: 8.9 mi
  • Will He.: 9.1 mi
Cliffs: 21
Lighthouses: 20
Picnic sites: 9
Rest areas: 7
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 13.5 mi
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 13.9 mi
  • Seabrook Rest Area: 14.3 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 14.5 mi
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 17.5 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Newbury Falls: 6.9 mi
  • Hampton Falls: 15.9 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 20.7 mi
  • Great Falls: 21.5 mi
  • Lower Falls: 21.6 mi
Springs: 4
  • Rail Spring: 6.0 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 13.8 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 22.1 mi
  • Jailhouse Spring: 22.1 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.8 miles of Old Ferry Landing. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Prospect HillWNW 296°77 m3.5 mi
Great HillWSW 247°75 m6.2 mi
Turkey HillW 270°74 m1.8 mi
Turner HillWSW 251°70 m3.3 mi
Red RockSE 131°70 m6.8 mi
Town HillWSW 244°65 m6.4 mi
Blueberry HillWSW 240°64 m4.2 mi
Long HillWNW 291°64 m6.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1818:56
June solstice05:0619:4320:26
September equinox06:3118:0518:43
December solstice07:1115:2716:13

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272835455564706962514133
Precip in3.73.64.64.23.54.03.43.43.85.04.04.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Beverly, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29693418

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