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Sheep's Rock

Sheep's Rock from directly overhead

Sheep's Rock is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Powow Hill stands 99 m to the west, 5.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Salisbury Salt Marsh Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Coastal Byway passes 1.4 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Essex County Greenbelt Association
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.85890, -70.83960

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • North Dock: 0.4 mi
  • South Dock: 0.8 mi
  • Old Coast Guard Station: 3.2 mi
  • Custom House Slip: 3.5 mi
  • Don Burlingame Memorial Bench: 3.5 mi
Parks
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 1.1 mi
  • Partridge Brook Park: 1.3 mi
  • Beach Field: 1.4 mi
  • Lions Park: 1.6 mi
  • Memorial Field: 1.7 mi
Beaches
  • Salisbury Beach: 1.7 mi
  • Seabrook Beach: 2.1 mi
  • South Beach: 3.1 mi
  • Plum Island Beach: 3.2 mi
  • Plum Island Beach: 3.5 mi
Peaks
  • The Sands: 1.8 mi
  • Batt Hill: 3.1 mi
  • New Zealand Hill: 3.5 mi
  • Mundy Hill: 3.7 mi
  • Brown's Hill: 3.8 mi
Museums
Attractions
Artworks: 59
  • Osprey: Pandion Haliaetus: 3.5 mi
  • Brushstrokes: 3.5 mi
  • Newburyport Collage: 3.5 mi
  • Peace Offering: 3.5 mi
  • G-Swirl: 3.5 mi
Gardens: 57
Cliffs: 20
  • Sheep's Rock: 0.1 mi
  • Great Neck: 10.8 mi
  • Bar Head Cliff: 11.2 mi
  • Coastal Bank Bluff: 12.1 mi
  • Wildcat Ledge: 15.4 mi
Lighthouses: 18
Waterfalls: 12
  • Hampton Falls: 3.8 mi
  • Newbury Falls: 8.8 mi
  • Great Falls: 10.0 mi
  • Lower Falls: 10.1 mi
  • Piscassic Falls: 16.4 mi
Picnic sites: 12
  • Stratham Town Landing: 11.4 mi
  • Birthday Bay: 12.6 mi
  • 4H Pavilion: 12.8 mi
  • Scamman Pavilion: 12.8 mi
  • Front Pavilion: 12.9 mi
Rest areas: 8
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 2.7 mi
  • Seabrook Rest Area: 2.7 mi
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 5.3 mi
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Southbound: 5.6 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 9.1 mi
Springs: 4
  • Lion's Spring: 6.4 mi
  • Rail Spring: 7.0 mi
  • Jailhouse Spring: 10.7 mi
  • Two Sisters Spring: 23.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.0 miles of Sheep's Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Powow HillW 276°99 m5.0 mi
Chair HillWNW 290°93 m5.8 mi
Sawyers HillW 278°91 m7.0 mi
Indian Ground HillWNW 294°91 m7.0 mi
Martin HillWNW 300°82 m8.0 mi
Hog HillWNW 295°81 m7.7 mi
Ring HillW 273°80.72 m7.1 mi
Whittier HillW 270°76 m5.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1818:56
June solstice05:0619:4320:26
September equinox06:3118:0518:43
December solstice07:1215:2716:13

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242734455565706962504030
Precip in3.63.64.84.64.04.63.93.74.14.94.14.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Greenland, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1022147254

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