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Powder House Conservation Area

Powder House Conservation Area from directly overhead

Powder House Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 45 m. Powow Hill stands 99 m to the west-northwest, 1.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Brown's Hill, a peak 0.1 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 3.7 miles off.

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What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.85678, -70.91312

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Brown's Hill: 0.1 mi
  • Powder House Hill: 0.3 mi
  • Mundy Hill: 0.6 mi
  • Batt Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Powow Hill: 1.4 mi
Parks
  • Training Field Park: 0.2 mi
  • Collins Avenue Park: 0.3 mi
  • Gillis Park: 0.8 mi
  • Golgotha Boulder Site: 0.9 mi
  • Millyard Park: 1.0 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Golgotha Boulder: 0.9 mi
  • Doughboy Statue: 1.0 mi
  • The Captain's Well: 1.0 mi
  • Helen Moseley House Site: 2.4 mi
  • Main House Site: 2.6 mi
Museums
Gardens
  • Vegtable Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Deep-Cold Frames: 2.5 mi
  • Shallow-Cold Frames: 2.5 mi
  • The Formal Gardens: 2.5 mi
  • Italian Garden: 2.5 mi
Artworks
  • Peace Offering: 3.5 mi
  • Brushstrokes: 3.5 mi
  • G-Swirl: 3.5 mi
  • Newburyport Collage: 3.5 mi
  • Native Fish: 3.6 mi
Attractions
Beaches
  • Salisbury Beach: 5.1 mi
  • Seabrook Beach: 5.3 mi
  • Plum Island Beach: 5.6 mi
  • South Beach: 5.9 mi
  • Plum Island Beach: 6.1 mi
Cliffs: 23
  • Sheep's Rock: 3.8 mi
  • Great Neck: 11.8 mi
  • Bar Head Cliff: 12.8 mi
  • Wildcat Ledge: 13.3 mi
  • Coastal Bank Bluff: 13.4 mi
Lighthouses: 17
Waterfalls: 12
  • Hampton Falls: 4.3 mi
  • Newbury Falls: 7.4 mi
  • Great Falls: 8.8 mi
  • Lower Falls: 8.8 mi
  • Piscassic Falls: 15.7 mi
Picnic sites: 12
  • Stratham Town Landing: 10.5 mi
  • 4H Pavilion: 12.7 mi
  • Scamman Pavilion: 12.7 mi
  • Front Pavilion: 12.8 mi
  • Birthday Bay: 14.1 mi
Rest areas: 8
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 2.1 mi
  • Seabrook Rest Area: 2.5 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 5.6 mi
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 6.0 mi
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Southbound: 6.2 mi
Springs: 4
  • Lion's Spring: 2.7 mi
  • Rail Spring: 6.9 mi
  • Jailhouse Spring: 9.3 mi
  • Two Sisters Spring: 22.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Powow HillWNW 296°99 m1.4 mi
Chair HillNW 320°93 m2.7 mi
Red Oak HillW 261°93 m5.8 mi
Sawyers HillWNW 288°91 m3.4 mi
Indian Ground HillNW 318°91 m4.0 mi
Highlands HillW 266°88 m5.9 mi
Martin HillNW 323°82 m5.2 mi
Hog HillNW 317°81 m4.7 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, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/301868961

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