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Prospect Hill Conservation Area

Prospect Hill Conservation Area from directly overhead

Prospect Hill Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 54 m. Baldpate Hill stands 107 m to the west, 6.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Prospect Hill, a peak 0.2 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 0.5 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1995
Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.70684, -70.89160

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Prospect Hill: 0.2 mi
  • Smith Hill: 0.5 mi
  • Jewett Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Hunsley Hills: 1.4 mi
  • Bartholomew Hill: 1.9 mi
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Town Common: 0.7 mi
  • Eiras Park: 1.3 mi
  • Benjamin Howe Memorial Park: 1.5 mi
  • Bialek Park: 2.7 mi
  • Daniel Boone Park: 3.0 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
Museums
Gardens
  • The Woodland Garden: 3.8 mi
  • The Gentian Garden: 3.8 mi
  • The Fruit Trees & Conifers: 3.8 mi
  • The Drought Tolerant Garden: 3.8 mi
  • The Vegetable, Fruit & Herb Garden: 3.8 mi
Beaches
Artworks
  • Sparrows: 6.5 mi
  • Clyde: 6.6 mi
  • Eclipse: 6.8 mi
  • Torrential Flight: 6.9 mi
  • Will He.: 7.0 mi
Cliffs: 22
Lighthouses: 14
Picnic sites: 10
Rest areas: 8
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 10.1 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 10.9 mi
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 11.9 mi
  • Seabrook Rest Area: 12.3 mi
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 15.8 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Newbury Falls: 3.5 mi
  • Hampton Falls: 14.1 mi
  • Great Falls: 19.2 mi
  • Lower Falls: 19.2 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 20.4 mi
Springs: 4
  • Rail Spring: 3.9 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 10.8 mi
  • Jailhouse Spring: 19.7 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 21.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.6 miles of Prospect Hill Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Baldpate HillW 271°107 m6.3 mi
Littles HillW 276°79 m5.6 mi
Prospect HillS 173°77 m0.2 mi
Great HillSSW 211°75 m4.8 mi
Turkey HillSE 142°74 m2.2 mi
Turner HillS 178°70 m2.8 mi
Crane Neck HillNW 316°69 m6.1 mi
Long HillSW 229°67 m5.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0619:4320:26
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:1115:2816:13

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, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29692081

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