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Pattens Pond Area

Pattens Pond Area from directly overhead

Pattens Pond Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 18 m. Powow Hill stands 99 m to the north-northwest, 1.0 miles off. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 4.0 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

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Coordinates42.85100, -70.93331

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 0.2 mi
  • Sumner Goldsmith Park: 0.2 mi
  • Huntington Memorial Park: 0.3 mi
  • Amesbury Town Park: 0.4 mi
  • Millyard Park: 0.5 mi
Historic sites
  • Doughboy Statue: 0.2 mi
  • The Captain's Well: 0.2 mi
  • Golgotha Boulder: 0.5 mi
  • Helen Moseley House Site: 1.8 mi
  • Main House Site: 2.0 mi
Museums
Peaks
  • Walnut Hill: 0.5 mi
  • Whittier Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Powder House Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Brown's Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Powow Hill: 1.0 mi
Gardens
  • Vegtable Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Deep-Cold Frames: 1.9 mi
  • The Formal Gardens: 1.9 mi
  • Shallow-Cold Frames: 1.9 mi
  • Italian Garden: 1.9 mi
Artworks
  • Peace Offering: 3.9 mi
  • Brushstrokes: 3.9 mi
  • G-Swirl: 3.9 mi
  • Newburyport Collage: 3.9 mi
  • Native Fish: 3.9 mi
Attractions
Beaches
  • Salisbury Beach: 6.0 mi
  • Plum Island Beach: 6.4 mi
  • Seabrook Beach: 6.4 mi
  • Newton Town Beach: 6.7 mi
  • Plum Island Beach: 6.8 mi
Cliffs: 24
  • Sheep's Rock: 4.9 mi
  • Great Neck: 12.0 mi
  • Wildcat Ledge: 12.5 mi
  • Bar Head Cliff: 13.0 mi
  • Coastal Bank Bluff: 13.7 mi
Lighthouses: 17
Waterfalls: 13
  • Hampton Falls: 5.2 mi
  • Newbury Falls: 7.0 mi
  • Great Falls: 9.0 mi
  • Lower Falls: 9.1 mi
  • Piscassic Falls: 16.0 mi
Picnic sites: 12
  • Stratham Town Landing: 10.8 mi
  • 4H Pavilion: 13.2 mi
  • Scamman Pavilion: 13.2 mi
  • Front Pavilion: 13.3 mi
  • Cowbell Corner Picnic Area: 14.3 mi
Rest areas: 8
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 3.2 mi
  • Seabrook Rest Area: 3.6 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 4.5 mi
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 6.8 mi
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Southbound: 7.0 mi
Springs: 4
  • Lion's Spring: 1.7 mi
  • Rail Spring: 6.8 mi
  • Jailhouse Spring: 9.5 mi
  • Two Sisters Spring: 23.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 5.8 miles of Pattens Pond Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Powow HillNNW 347°99 m1.0 mi
Chair HillNNW 344°93 m2.6 mi
Red Oak HillW 264°93 m4.7 mi
Red Oak HillW 263°93 m4.9 mi
Sawyers HillNW 304°91 m2.6 mi
Indian Ground HillNNW 334°91 m3.8 mi
Morse HillNW 317°91 m5.8 mi
Highlands HillW 270°88 m4.8 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 °F262735465665727062514131
Precip in3.53.64.84.34.14.23.63.84.05.33.94.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Haverhill, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/309503840

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