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Shaven Crown Conservation Woods

Shaven Crown Conservation Woods from directly overhead

Shaven Crown Conservation Woods is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 60 m. Holt Hill stands 128 m to the southwest, 5.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Shaven Crown Hill, a peak 0.2 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 7.6 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1989-12-26
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
BTA/BOLT
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.70394, -71.03173

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Shaven Crown Hill: 0.2 mi
  • Baldpate Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Bayns Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Wood Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Littles Hill: 1.8 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Parks
  • Johnson Field: 1.0 mi
  • Barker Property (BTA/BOLT): 2.1 mi
  • Harry Murch Park: 2.5 mi
  • American Legion Park: 2.7 mi
  • Washington Park: 2.7 mi
Gardens
  • Georgetown Community Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Davis Hayfield Pollinator Garden: 3.2 mi
  • Trinity Church Memorial Garden: 5.9 mi
  • The Fruit Trees & Conifers: 7.2 mi
  • The Drought Tolerant Garden: 7.2 mi
Beaches
Museums
Artworks
  • Bicentennial Statue: 6.3 mi
  • Armillary Sphere: 6.5 mi
  • Sparrows: 10.2 mi
  • Clyde: 10.3 mi
  • Eclipse: 10.4 mi
Attractions
  • Corn Maze: 7.2 mi
  • The Rockery: 7.3 mi
  • Connors Farm: 8.2 mi
  • Market Square: 11.1 mi
  • Kiddie Canoes: 12.6 mi
Cliffs: 24
Picnic sites: 23
Lighthouses: 14
Rest areas: 9
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 7.1 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 8.3 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 10.2 mi
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 14.3 mi
  • Seabrook Rest Area: 14.7 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Newbury Falls: 6.1 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 14.5 mi
  • Hampton Falls: 16.5 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 18.0 mi
  • Great Falls: 19.7 mi
Springs: 5
  • Rail Spring: 8.9 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 10.9 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 18.9 mi
  • Jailhouse Spring: 20.0 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 21.1 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.0 miles of Shaven Crown Conservation Woods. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Holt HillSW 221°128 m5.8 mi
Mills HillWSW 240°121 m4.5 mi
Town Farm HillWSW 237°117 m3.1 mi
Boston HillSW 218°117 m5.1 mi
Claypit HillSW 230°116 m4.5 mi
Baldpate HillENE 72°107 m0.9 mi
Osgood HillW 273°105 m3.9 mi
Bayns HillSSW 214°100 m0.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0719:4320:26
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:1215:2816:14

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, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29897895

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