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Pierce Hill Conservation Area

Pierce Hill Conservation Area from directly overhead

Pierce Hill Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 107 m. Prospect Hill stands 135 m to the southeast, 3.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Pierce Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 2.2 miles off.

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What to expect

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Getting there

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Coordinates42.42057, -71.30960

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Pierce Park: 0.3 mi
  • Sculpture park: 0.9 mi
  • Peace Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Deborah Birt Memorial Park Lincoln Woods: 0.9 mi
  • Park Bench: 1.0 mi
Nature reserves
Gardens
  • People For Pollinators: 0.4 mi
  • Italinate garden: 1.1 mi
  • Native Plant Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Native Plant Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Planted Canoe: 2.6 mi
Artworks
  • Two Big Black Hearts: 0.6 mi
  • Last Out: 0.6 mi
  • Ferma: 0.6 mi
  • Migration - Series 7: 0.6 mi
  • Jacob's Dream: 0.6 mi
Museums
Peaks
Historic sites
Attractions
Beaches
  • Crystal Lake Beach: 8.6 mi
  • Morses Pond Beach: 8.6 mi
  • Borggaard Beach: 8.8 mi
  • Stow Town Beach: 9.7 mi
  • Memorial Beach: 10.5 mi
Cliffs: 45
Picnic sites: 22
  • Picnic Site 1: 3.4 mi
  • Picnic Site 2: 3.4 mi
  • Picnic Site 3: 3.4 mi
  • Picnic Site 4: 3.5 mi
  • Picnic Site 6: 3.6 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Rest areas: 4
  • Commissioners Landing: 12.8 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 16.0 mi
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 21.2 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 23.6 mi
Springs: 3
  • Quarry Spring: 10.5 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 12.1 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 19.2 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cascade Falls: 12.0 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 14.4 mi
  • Rock Falls: 21.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 5.9 miles of Pierce Hill Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Prospect HillSE 128°135 m3.6 mi
Little ProspectSE 131°133 m3.7 mi
Reeves HillSSW 202°122 m5.6 mi
Goodman HillWSW 237°119 m5.8 mi
Annursnac HillNW 312°110 m5.9 mi
Loring HillENE 71°109 m3.9 mi
Granny HillENE 64°108 m5.1 mi
Doublet HillSSE 160°108 m5.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2018:58
June solstice05:0919:4420:27
September equinox06:3318:0718:44
December solstice07:1215:3016:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F282937495968747264524233
Precip in2.92.73.83.83.43.73.53.53.54.23.73.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bedford Hanscom FLD, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29818880

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