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Stavros Reservation

Stavros Reservation from directly overhead

Stavros Reservation is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Mount Ann stands 78 m to the southeast, 3.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Reinert Reservation, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 0.6 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
The Trustees of Reservations
Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.64961, -70.77127

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Whites Hill: 0.7 mi
  • Choate Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Fifteen Tree Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Craft Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Wigwam Hill: 2.1 mi
Parks
  • Memorial Park: 1.4 mi
  • Pony Express Farm Athletic Fields: 2.4 mi
  • Raymond Fields: 2.7 mi
  • Centennial Grove: 2.8 mi
  • Great Neck Park: 3.6 mi
Beaches
Gardens
  • Cold Frames: 2.4 mi
  • Formal Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Rose Garden: 2.6 mi
  • Bushee Garden: 9.1 mi
  • Trinity Church Memorial Garden: 10.0 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Attractions
  • Tablet Rock: 5.7 mi
  • 17: 5.9 mi
  • 18: 5.9 mi
  • JAS MERRY: 5.9 mi
  • FIRST ATTACKED: 5.9 mi
Cliffs: 22
Lighthouses: 20
Rest areas: 7
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 16.9 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 17.2 mi
  • Seabrook Rest Area: 17.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 18.2 mi
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 20.2 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Newbury Falls: 10.6 mi
  • Hampton Falls: 18.7 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 21.0 mi
  • Great Falls: 24.5 mi
  • Lower Falls: 24.6 mi
Springs: 3
  • Rail Spring: 9.4 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 17.2 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 22.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Pinetops Picnic Area: 17.2 mi
  • Picnic Table: 22.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.2 miles of Stavros Reservation. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount AnnSE 142°78 m3.4 mi
Turkey HillWNW 295°74 m5.3 mi
Red RockSE 136°70 m3.2 mi
Turner HillW 281°70 m6.1 mi
Morse HillS 170°62 m3.4 mi
Browns HillWSW 236°61 m4.6 mi
Bush HillWNW 290°61 m4.8 mi
Long HillSSE 160°60 m4.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4718:1818:55
June solstice05:0619:4220:25
September equinox06:3118:0518:42
December solstice07:1115:2716:13

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272835455564706962514133
Precip in3.73.64.64.23.54.03.43.43.85.04.04.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Beverly, 5 mi away.

  • Piping Plover25 obs
  • Least Tern21 obs
  • tansy20 obs
  • Mallard18 obs
  • Great Egret18 obs
  • garlic mustard17 obs
  • American pokeweed16 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird15 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/29690029

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