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River Road Conservation Area

River Road Conservation Area from directly overhead

River Road Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Powow Hill stands 99 m to the north-northeast, 3.5 miles off. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 5.0 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Essex County Greenbelt Association
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.82254, -70.97362

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Carey Park: 0.6 mi
  • Carriagetown Park: 0.6 mi
  • Ferry Park: 1.4 mi
  • Steven's Field: 1.6 mi
  • Kimball Park: 1.8 mi
Peaks
  • Poplar Hill: 0.7 mi
  • Long Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Moulton Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Hughes Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Turkey Hill: 1.2 mi
Historic sites
  • World War Honor Roll: 1.5 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 1.8 mi
  • Main House Site: 2.0 mi
  • Helen Moseley House Site: 2.2 mi
  • Liberty Tree: 2.5 mi
Gardens
  • Italian Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Rose Garden: 2.1 mi
  • The Formal Gardens: 2.1 mi
  • Shallow-Cold Frames: 2.2 mi
  • Deep-Cold Frames: 2.2 mi
Museums
Artworks
  • Will He.: 4.9 mi
  • Torrential Flight: 4.9 mi
  • Eclipse: 4.9 mi
  • Clyde: 5.0 mi
  • Native Fish: 5.0 mi
Attractions
Beaches
  • Newton Town Beach: 6.0 mi
  • Plum Island Beach: 8.0 mi
  • Salisbury Beach: 8.1 mi
  • Plum Island Beach: 8.4 mi
  • Seabrook Beach: 9.1 mi
Cliffs: 22
  • Sheep's Rock: 7.3 mi
  • Wildcat Ledge: 10.0 mi
  • Great Neck: 11.8 mi
  • Bar Head Cliff: 13.1 mi
  • Coastal Bank Bluff: 13.6 mi
Lighthouses: 17
Picnic sites: 14
Waterfalls: 11
  • Newbury Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Hampton Falls: 8.0 mi
  • Great Falls: 11.1 mi
  • Lower Falls: 11.1 mi
  • Piscassic Falls: 18.0 mi
Rest areas: 8
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 2.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 4.7 mi
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 6.0 mi
  • Seabrook Rest Area: 6.4 mi
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 9.6 mi
Springs: 4
  • Lion's Spring: 2.2 mi
  • Rail Spring: 6.5 mi
  • Jailhouse Spring: 11.4 mi
  • Two Sisters Spring: 24.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 5.7 miles of River Road Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Powow HillNNE 31°99 m3.5 mi
Ayers HillWSW 256°97 m4.4 mi
Red Oak HillWNW 299°93 m3.0 mi
Red Oak HillWNW 296°93 m3.1 mi
Chair HillNNE 16°93 m4.6 mi
Sawyers HillN 358°91 m3.4 mi
Indian Ground HillN 4°91 m5.4 mi
Highlands HillNW 306°88 m3.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0619:4420:27
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 °F262735465665727062514131
Precip in3.53.64.84.34.14.23.63.84.05.33.94.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Haverhill, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1112644847

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