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Spencer-Pierce-Little Farm

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Spencer-Pierce-Little Farm is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Powow Hill stands 99 m to the northwest, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Seagate Open Space, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 0.6 miles off.

What the record says

Built
1995-06-23

How to reach it

Coordinates42.79243, -70.84100

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Perkins Park & Playground: 1.0 mi
  • Joppa Park: 1.4 mi
  • Clipper City Rail Trail: 1.4 mi
  • Clipper City Rail Trail: 1.4 mi
  • March's Hill: 1.4 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
  • LIttle Old Town Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Adams Place Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Oak Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Old Town Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Wolf's Den Hill: 1.7 mi
Artworks: 60
  • Osprey: Pandion Haliaetus: 1.7 mi
  • Sparrows: 2.0 mi
  • Clyde: 2.1 mi
  • Eclipse: 2.1 mi
  • Torrential Flight: 2.1 mi
Gardens: 60
Attractions
  • Market Square: 2.0 mi
  • Captain's Fishing Parties: 2.0 mi
  • Al Gauron Fishing & Whale Watching: 7.5 mi
  • Corn Maze: 7.8 mi
  • The Rockery: 11.5 mi
Beaches
  • Plum Island Beach: 2.1 mi
  • Plum Island Beach: 2.2 mi
  • Salisbury Beach: 3.7 mi
  • The Knobbs: 4.8 mi
  • Seabrook Beach: 6.4 mi
Lighthouses: 17
Cliffs: 17
  • Sheep's Rock: 4.6 mi
  • Great Neck: 6.3 mi
  • Bar Head Cliff: 7.0 mi
  • Coastal Bank Bluff: 7.8 mi
  • Wildcat Ledge: 12.1 mi
Picnic sites: 11
  • Stratham Town Landing: 15.6 mi
  • Birthday Bay: 17.1 mi
  • 4H Pavilion: 17.3 mi
  • Scamman Pavilion: 17.3 mi
  • Front Pavilion: 17.4 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Newbury Falls: 5.3 mi
  • Hampton Falls: 8.3 mi
  • Great Falls: 14.1 mi
  • Lower Falls: 14.1 mi
  • Piscassic Falls: 20.8 mi
Rest areas: 8
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 6.4 mi
  • Seabrook Rest Area: 6.7 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 9.0 mi
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 9.9 mi
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Southbound: 10.1 mi
Springs: 3
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.3 miles of Spencer-Pierce-Little Farm. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Powow HillNW 316°99 m7.1 mi
Prospect HillSSW 203°77 m6.6 mi
Whittier HillNW 311°76 m7.0 mi
Archelaus HillW 273°74 m6.2 mi
Pond HillWNW 296°74 m7.7 mi
Turkey HillS 189°74 m7.7 mi
Kinney HillNW 320°72 m8.1 mi
Crane Neck HillWSW 257°69 m7.0 mi

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 solstice07:1115:2716:13

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, 11 mi away.

  • Purple Martin212 obs
  • Long-tailed Duck114 obs
  • American Herring Gull109 obs
  • Great Egret102 obs
  • Willet100 obs
  • Northern Harrier88 obs
  • Common Goldeneye79 obs
  • common dandelion79 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

National Register of Historic Places, reference 68000043OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/29696961

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