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Pettengill Reservation

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Pettengill Reservation from directly overhead

Pettengill Reservation is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Powow Hill stands 99 m to the west-northwest, 4.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Conservation Land, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Coastal Byway passes 2.6 miles off.

What the record says

Built
2001

What to expect

Operated by
Essex County Greenbelt Association

How to reach it

Coordinates42.84517, -70.85295

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Memorial Field: 0.5 mi
  • Salisbury Town Common: 0.6 mi
  • Lions Park: 0.6 mi
  • Partridge Brook Park: 0.9 mi
  • Beach Field: 1.6 mi
Historic sites
  • North Dock: 1.6 mi
  • South Dock: 2.0 mi
  • Custom House Slip: 2.4 mi
  • Don Burlingame Memorial Bench: 2.4 mi
  • Promenade and Marina: 2.4 mi
Beaches
  • Salisbury Beach: 1.9 mi
  • Plum Island Beach: 2.7 mi
  • Plum Island Beach: 3.1 mi
  • Seabrook Beach: 3.3 mi
  • South Beach: 4.2 mi
Artworks: 60
  • Brushstrokes: 2.4 mi
  • Peace Offering: 2.4 mi
  • Newburyport Collage: 2.4 mi
  • G-Swirl: 2.4 mi
  • Osprey: Pandion Haliaetus: 2.4 mi
Attractions
Peaks
  • Batt Hill: 2.9 mi
  • The Sands: 3.0 mi
  • Oak Hill: 3.2 mi
  • Brown's Hill: 3.2 mi
  • Mundy Hill: 3.3 mi
Gardens: 59
Cliffs: 18
  • Sheep's Rock: 1.3 mi
  • Great Neck: 10.0 mi
  • Bar Head Cliff: 10.6 mi
  • Coastal Bank Bluff: 11.4 mi
  • Wildcat Ledge: 14.2 mi
Picnic sites: 12
  • Stratham Town Landing: 12.0 mi
  • 4H Pavilion: 13.6 mi
  • Scamman Pavilion: 13.6 mi
  • Birthday Bay: 13.7 mi
  • Front Pavilion: 13.7 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Hampton Falls: 4.6 mi
  • Newbury Falls: 7.6 mi
  • Great Falls: 10.5 mi
  • Lower Falls: 10.6 mi
  • Piscassic Falls: 17.1 mi
Rest areas: 8
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 2.9 mi
  • Seabrook Rest Area: 3.1 mi
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 6.2 mi
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Southbound: 6.4 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 8.2 mi
Springs: 4
  • Lion's Spring: 5.8 mi
  • Rail Spring: 5.9 mi
  • Jailhouse Spring: 11.1 mi
  • Two Sisters Spring: 24.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.5 miles of Pettengill Reservation. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Powow HillWNW 288°99 m4.5 mi
Chair HillWNW 301°93 m5.6 mi
Sawyers HillWNW 287°91 m6.5 mi
Indian Ground HillWNW 303°91 m6.9 mi
Hog HillNW 304°81 m7.5 mi
Ring HillWNW 282°80.72 m6.5 mi
Whittier HillW 281°76 m4.7 mi
Weymouth HillNW 314°76 m7.3 mi

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 solstice07:1215:2716:13

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, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29696734

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