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Smith Lane Conservation Area

Smith Lane Conservation Area from directly overhead

Smith Lane Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 15 m. Baldpate Hill stands 107 m to the west, 5.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Eiras Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 1.5 miles off.

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Getting there

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Coordinates42.70972, -70.91143

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Eiras Park: 0.3 mi
  • Town Common: 1.5 mi
  • Benjamin Howe Memorial Park: 1.7 mi
  • Central Street Recreation & Natural Resource Area: 2.8 mi
  • Bialek Park: 3.6 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Hunsley Hills: 0.7 mi
  • Smith Hill: 0.7 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Jewett Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Long Hill: 2.2 mi
Attractions
Historic sites
Gardens
  • The Fruit Trees & Conifers: 3.5 mi
  • The Drought Tolerant Garden: 3.5 mi
  • The Woodland Garden: 3.5 mi
  • The Gentian Garden: 3.5 mi
  • The Vegetable, Fruit & Herb Garden: 3.5 mi
Beaches
Museums
Artworks
  • Sparrows: 6.5 mi
  • Clyde: 6.6 mi
  • Eclipse: 6.8 mi
  • Torrential Flight: 6.8 mi
  • Will He.: 7.0 mi
Cliffs: 22
Lighthouses: 14
Picnic sites: 10
Rest areas: 8
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 9.4 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 10.0 mi
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 11.8 mi
  • Seabrook Rest Area: 12.2 mi
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 15.7 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Newbury Falls: 2.9 mi
  • Hampton Falls: 14.0 mi
  • Great Falls: 18.8 mi
  • Lower Falls: 18.9 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 20.1 mi
Springs: 4
  • Rail Spring: 4.0 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 10.3 mi
  • Jailhouse Spring: 19.3 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 21.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Baldpate HillW 269°107 m5.3 mi
Shaven Crown HillW 265°98 m6.0 mi
Littles HillW 275°79 m4.6 mi
Prospect HillESE 110°77 m1.1 mi
Crow HillNW 314°76.81 m6.6 mi
Great HillSSW 199°75 m4.6 mi
Turkey HillSE 129°74 m3.0 mi
Archelaus HillNNW 336°74 m6.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0619:4320:26
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:1115:2816:13

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, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29690968

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