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Stackyard Lot

Stackyard Lot from directly overhead

Stackyard Lot is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Littles Hill stands 79 m to the west-southwest, 7.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Minister's Woodlot, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway runs past it.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.74104, -70.85281

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Ox Pasture Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Old Town Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Eagle Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Adams Place Hill: 2.3 mi
  • LIttle Old Town Hill: 2.3 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Parks
  • Lower Green: 1.8 mi
  • Town Common: 2.4 mi
  • Central Street Recreation & Natural Resource Area: 3.6 mi
  • Daniel Boone Park: 3.7 mi
  • Bialek Park: 3.9 mi
Gardens: 60
  • Bushee Garden: 1.8 mi
  • The Gentian Garden: 3.2 mi
  • The Woodland Garden: 3.2 mi
  • The Flame Garden: 3.2 mi
  • The Shade Garden: 3.2 mi
Beaches
Attractions
Artworks: 58
  • Sparrows: 4.3 mi
  • Clyde: 4.5 mi
  • Eclipse: 4.6 mi
  • Torrential Flight: 4.7 mi
  • Will He.: 4.8 mi
Cliffs: 21
Lighthouses: 17
Picnic sites: 10
Rest areas: 8
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 9.7 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 9.9 mi
  • Seabrook Rest Area: 10.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 11.5 mi
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 13.4 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • Newbury Falls: 3.9 mi
  • Hampton Falls: 11.7 mi
  • Great Falls: 17.2 mi
  • Lower Falls: 17.3 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 23.4 mi
Springs: 4
  • Rail Spring: 1.8 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 9.7 mi
  • Jailhouse Spring: 17.8 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 24.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.9 miles of Stackyard Lot. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Littles HillWSW 257°79 m7.7 mi
Prospect HillSW 217°77 m3.2 mi
Great HillSW 215°75 m7.9 mi
Turkey HillS 188°74 m4.1 mi
Archelaus HillNW 305°74 m6.8 mi
Turner HillSSW 200°70 m5.5 mi
Crane Neck HillWNW 288°69 m6.5 mi
Long HillWSW 252°64 m5.4 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 solstice07:1115:2716:13

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, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29692857

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