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Riverbend Conservation Area

Riverbend Conservation Area from directly overhead

Riverbend Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Powow Hill stands 99 m to the north-northeast, 3.9 miles off. The nearest named place is River Road Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 4.4 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of West Newbury
Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.81333, -70.96420

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Pipestave Hill: 0.5 mi
  • Archelaus Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Long Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Poplar Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Lone Tree Hill: 1.7 mi
Parks
  • Carey Park: 1.3 mi
  • Carriagetown Park: 1.4 mi
  • Ferry Park: 1.6 mi
  • Maudslay State Park: 2.0 mi
  • Cherry Hill Soccer Fields: 2.3 mi
Historic sites
  • Main House Site: 1.7 mi
  • Helen Moseley House Site: 1.9 mi
  • World War Honor Roll: 2.3 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 2.6 mi
  • The Captain's Well: 3.0 mi
Gardens
  • Rose Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Italian Garden: 1.8 mi
  • The Formal Gardens: 1.8 mi
  • Shallow-Cold Frames: 1.8 mi
  • Deep-Cold Frames: 1.8 mi
Museums
Artworks
  • Torrential Flight: 4.3 mi
  • Eclipse: 4.3 mi
  • Will He.: 4.3 mi
  • Clyde: 4.4 mi
  • Sparrows: 4.4 mi
Attractions
Beaches
  • Newton Town Beach: 6.8 mi
  • Plum Island Beach: 7.5 mi
  • Salisbury Beach: 7.8 mi
  • Plum Island Beach: 7.9 mi
  • Seabrook Beach: 9.0 mi
Cliffs: 23
  • Sheep's Rock: 7.2 mi
  • Wildcat Ledge: 9.5 mi
  • Great Neck: 11.0 mi
  • Bar Head Cliff: 12.3 mi
  • Coastal Bank Bluff: 12.8 mi
Lighthouses: 17
Picnic sites: 14
Waterfalls: 11
  • Newbury Falls: 4.7 mi
  • Hampton Falls: 8.2 mi
  • Great Falls: 11.7 mi
  • Lower Falls: 11.7 mi
  • Piscassic Falls: 18.6 mi
Rest areas: 8
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 2.6 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 5.0 mi
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 6.1 mi
  • Seabrook Rest Area: 6.5 mi
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 9.9 mi
Springs: 3
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Powow HillNNE 20°99 m3.9 mi
Ayers HillW 265°97 m4.8 mi
Red Oak HillWNW 304°93 m3.8 mi
Red Oak HillWNW 301°93 m3.8 mi
Chair HillN 9°93 m5.2 mi
Sawyers HillN 352°91 m4.1 mi
Highlands HillNW 309°88 m4.2 mi
Brandy Brow HillWNW 287°87 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, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29692858

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