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Pine Hill

Pine Hill from directly overhead

Pine Hill is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 39 m. Holt Hill stands 128 m to the west, 5.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Esty Lot, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 8.4 miles off.

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Getting there

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Coordinates42.62677, -71.00691

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Historic sites
Peaks
  • Bald Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Mound Eleanor: 1.0 mi
  • Gould Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Bare Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Wills Hill: 2.2 mi
Parks
  • Peabody Street Landing: 0.9 mi
  • Thunder Bridge Park: 1.1 mi
  • Boy Scout Park: 2.0 mi
  • Howe-Manning Recreation Area: 2.1 mi
  • Boy Scout Park: 2.2 mi
Beaches
Gardens
  • Trinity Church Memorial Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Davis Hayfield Pollinator Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Community Gardens: 4.4 mi
  • Georgetown Community Garden: 6.3 mi
  • Ropes Garden: 9.1 mi
Attractions
  • Connors Farm: 3.9 mi
  • The Rockery: 4.4 mi
  • Corn Maze: 7.2 mi
  • Salem Cat Museum: 8.8 mi
  • BlackCraft Haunt: 9.2 mi
Museums
Artworks
Cliffs: 38
Picnic sites: 23
Lighthouses: 20
Rest areas: 9
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 12.5 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 13.6 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 14.0 mi
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 18.5 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 18.8 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Newbury Falls: 9.4 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 13.0 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 14.8 mi
  • Hampton Falls: 20.8 mi
  • Great Falls: 24.7 mi
Springs: 4
  • Rail Spring: 11.5 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 14.1 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 15.8 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 20.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.2 miles of Pine Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Holt HillW 281°128 m5.2 mi
Mills HillWNW 301°121 m6.0 mi
Boston HillWNW 287°117 m4.6 mi
Town Farm HillNW 313°117 m5.3 mi
Claypit HillWNW 297°116 m5.3 mi
Baldpate HillN 356°107 m5.6 mi
Bayns HillNNW 339°100 m4.9 mi
Shaven Crown HillNNW 348°98 m5.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0719:4320:26
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:1215:2816:14

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262834465665716962514131
Precip in3.53.34.54.33.74.23.83.33.84.74.04.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Middleton, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29744428

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