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Rockaway Conservation Area

Rockaway Conservation Area from directly overhead

Rockaway Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 56 m. Castle Rock stands 87 m to the west-southwest, 4.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Daniel Terrace Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.50229, -70.95837

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Lakeshore Park: 0.2 mi
  • MacArthur Park: 0.7 mi
  • Raddin Road Park: 0.8 mi
  • Magnolia Avenue Playground: 1.2 mi
  • Gowdy Memorial Park: 1.3 mi
Peaks
  • Prospect Hill: 0.6 mi
  • Indian Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Long Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Mount Hermon: 1.1 mi
  • Mount Spickett: 1.3 mi
Attractions
  • Echo Rock: 1.6 mi
  • Dungeon Rock: 1.8 mi
  • Union Rock: 1.9 mi
  • Steel Tower: 2.0 mi
  • Lynn Woods Rose Garden: 2.3 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Beaches
Artworks
Gardens
  • Ropes Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Herb Garden: 3.5 mi
  • Pickman Park Community Garden: 3.5 mi
  • Salem Community Gardens: 3.7 mi
  • Community Gardens: 4.7 mi
Cliffs: 50
Picnic sites: 23
  • Pinetops Picnic Area: 3.8 mi
  • Pine Knoll: 15.1 mi
  • Oak Lea: 15.2 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 15.3 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 16.2 mi
Lighthouses: 20
Springs: 5
  • Quarry Spring: 8.8 mi
  • Rail Spring: 18.4 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 21.0 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 23.7 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 24.3 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Commissioners Landing: 11.5 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 21.5 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 22.0 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 22.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 22.4 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Cascade Falls: 7.2 mi
  • Newbury Falls: 17.2 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 19.4 mi
  • Rock Falls: 21.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.7 miles of Rockaway Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Castle RockWSW 258°87.2 m4.5 mi
Burrill HillWSW 239°87 m1.6 mi
Crow HillWSW 258°82.9 m4.4 mi
Mount HoodSW 227°79 m5.1 mi
Mount GileadWSW 245°77 m2.0 mi
Mount HermonWSW 249°76 m1.1 mi
Rocky HillWSW 251°74.4 m4.2 mi
Mount MoriahWSW 237°74 m2.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0719:4320:25
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:1115:2916:14

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272935455564716963524233
Precip in3.83.54.74.33.54.13.53.33.65.04.14.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Marblehead, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29692507

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