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Stevens Conservation Area

Stevens Conservation Area from directly overhead

Stevens Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Powow Hill stands 99 m to the northwest, 4.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Ram Island State Wildlife Sanctuary, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 1.0 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Salisbury Conservation Commission
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.82356, -70.87239

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Cashman Park: 0.6 mi
  • Central Waterfront Park: 0.8 mi
  • Clipper City Rail Trail: 0.8 mi
  • Cushing Park: 0.8 mi
  • Brown Square: 0.9 mi
Artworks: 60
  • Brushstrokes: 0.6 mi
  • Peace Offering: 0.6 mi
  • Newburyport Collage: 0.6 mi
  • G-Swirl: 0.6 mi
  • Native Fish: 0.8 mi
Historic sites
  • Middle Shipyard: 0.7 mi
  • The Trusties of the Newburyport Waterfront: 0.8 mi
  • Custom House Slip: 0.8 mi
  • Promenade and Marina: 0.8 mi
  • Bicentennial of the United States Coast Guard: 0.8 mi
Gardens: 60
Museums
Attractions
Peaks
  • Oak Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Castle Hill: 2.7 mi
  • Tower Hill: 3.0 mi
  • Brown's Hill: 3.1 mi
  • Turkey Hill: 3.1 mi
Beaches
  • Plum Island Beach: 2.9 mi
  • Salisbury Beach: 3.2 mi
  • Plum Island Beach: 3.3 mi
  • Seabrook Beach: 5.1 mi
  • South Beach: 6.0 mi
Lighthouses: 17
Cliffs: 17
  • Sheep's Rock: 3.0 mi
  • Great Neck: 8.9 mi
  • Bar Head Cliff: 9.7 mi
  • Coastal Bank Bluff: 10.4 mi
  • Wildcat Ledge: 12.5 mi
Picnic sites: 13
  • Stratham Town Landing: 13.1 mi
  • 4H Pavilion: 15.0 mi
  • Scamman Pavilion: 15.0 mi
  • Front Pavilion: 15.1 mi
  • Birthday Bay: 15.4 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Newbury Falls: 5.8 mi
  • Hampton Falls: 6.0 mi
  • Great Falls: 11.5 mi
  • Lower Falls: 11.6 mi
  • Piscassic Falls: 18.3 mi
Rest areas: 8
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 3.9 mi
  • Seabrook Rest Area: 4.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 7.1 mi
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 7.7 mi
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Southbound: 7.9 mi
Springs: 3
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.5 miles of Stevens Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Powow HillNW 311°99 m4.4 mi
Chair HillNW 319°93 m5.8 mi
Sawyers HillWNW 303°91 m6.2 mi
Indian Ground HillNW 318°91 m7.1 mi
Long HillW 278°81 m7.5 mi
Ring HillWNW 297°80.72 m6.1 mi
Bear HillWNW 285°80 m6.9 mi
Brake HillWSW 246°78.64 m7.4 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 solstice07:1215:2716:13

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/602764873

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