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Open Space

Open Space from directly overhead

Open Space is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 9 m. Powow Hill stands 99 m to the north, 2.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Lone Tree Hill, a peak 0.3 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 3.6 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.83413, -70.93970

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Lone Tree Hill: 0.3 mi
  • Tower Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Castle Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Walnut Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Whittier Hill: 1.7 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Helen Moseley House Site: 0.7 mi
  • Main House Site: 0.9 mi
  • The Captain's Well: 1.1 mi
  • Doughboy Statue: 1.1 mi
  • Golgotha Boulder: 1.2 mi
Parks
  • Maudslay State Park: 0.8 mi
  • Alliance Park: 0.9 mi
  • Huntington Memorial Park: 0.9 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 1.1 mi
  • Sumner Goldsmith Park: 1.2 mi
Gardens
  • Vegtable Garden: 0.8 mi
  • Italian Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Rose Garden: 0.9 mi
  • The Formal Gardens: 0.9 mi
  • Shallow-Cold Frames: 0.9 mi
Museums
Artworks
  • Native Fish: 3.6 mi
  • Peace Offering: 3.6 mi
  • Will He.: 3.6 mi
  • Brushstrokes: 3.6 mi
  • G-Swirl: 3.6 mi
Attractions
Beaches
  • Salisbury Beach: 6.3 mi
  • Plum Island Beach: 6.4 mi
  • Plum Island Beach: 6.8 mi
  • Newton Town Beach: 6.9 mi
  • Seabrook Beach: 7.2 mi
Cliffs: 23
  • Sheep's Rock: 5.5 mi
  • Great Neck: 11.2 mi
  • Wildcat Ledge: 11.3 mi
  • Bar Head Cliff: 12.4 mi
  • Coastal Bank Bluff: 13.0 mi
Lighthouses: 17
Picnic sites: 13
  • Stratham Town Landing: 12.0 mi
  • Cowbell Corner Picnic Area: 14.0 mi
  • 4H Pavilion: 14.4 mi
  • Scamman Pavilion: 14.4 mi
  • Front Pavilion: 14.5 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Newbury Falls: 5.8 mi
  • Hampton Falls: 6.3 mi
  • Great Falls: 10.2 mi
  • Lower Falls: 10.2 mi
  • Piscassic Falls: 17.2 mi
Rest areas: 8
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 3.8 mi
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 4.2 mi
  • Seabrook Rest Area: 4.6 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 6.5 mi
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 8.0 mi
Springs: 4
  • Lion's Spring: 1.9 mi
  • Rail Spring: 6.0 mi
  • Jailhouse Spring: 10.6 mi
  • Two Sisters Spring: 24.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 5.6 miles of Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Powow HillN 2°99 m2.2 mi
Chair HillN 354°93 m3.7 mi
Red Oak HillW 278°93 m4.4 mi
Red Oak HillW 277°93 m4.6 mi
Sawyers HillNW 325°91 m3.2 mi
Indian Ground HillNNW 344°91 m4.7 mi
Highlands HillWNW 285°88 m4.7 mi
Long HillW 273°81 m4.0 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, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/300571558

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