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Stilt Pond Reservation

Stilt Pond Reservation from directly overhead

Stilt Pond Reservation is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Littles Hill stands 79 m to the west-southwest, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Hackers Island Reservation, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 0.4 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.74954, -70.86324

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Eagle Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Ox Pasture Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Old Town Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Cedar Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Adams Place Hill: 1.7 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Parks
  • Lower Green: 1.4 mi
  • Town Common: 2.6 mi
  • Central Street Recreation & Natural Resource Area: 3.0 mi
  • March's Hill: 3.6 mi
  • Perkins Park & Playground: 3.6 mi
Beaches
  • The Knobbs: 3.5 mi
  • Clark Beach: 4.7 mi
  • Plum Island Beach: 5.2 mi
  • Plum Island Beach: 5.2 mi
  • Ipswich Bar: 5.3 mi
Attractions
Gardens: 59
  • Bushee Garden: 1.4 mi
  • The Gentian Garden: 2.5 mi
  • The Woodland Garden: 2.5 mi
  • The Flame Garden: 2.5 mi
  • The Shade Garden: 2.5 mi
Artworks: 57
  • Sparrows: 3.6 mi
  • Clyde: 3.8 mi
  • Eclipse: 3.9 mi
  • Torrential Flight: 4.0 mi
  • Will He.: 4.1 mi
Cliffs: 20
  • Great Neck: 4.3 mi
  • Bar Head Cliff: 5.6 mi
  • Coastal Bank Bluff: 6.0 mi
  • Sheep's Rock: 7.7 mi
  • Wildcat Ledge: 9.5 mi
Lighthouses: 17
Picnic sites: 11
Waterfalls: 10
  • Newbury Falls: 3.3 mi
  • Hampton Falls: 11.1 mi
  • Great Falls: 16.5 mi
  • Lower Falls: 16.6 mi
  • Piscassic Falls: 23.4 mi
Rest areas: 8
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 9.1 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 9.1 mi
  • Seabrook Rest Area: 9.4 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 10.8 mi
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 12.8 mi
Springs: 4
  • Rail Spring: 1.0 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 8.9 mi
  • Jailhouse Spring: 17.1 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 24.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Littles HillWSW 252°79 m7.4 mi
Brake HillWNW 286°78.64 m7.5 mi
Prospect HillSSW 204°77 m3.4 mi
Crow HillWNW 284°76.81 m7.4 mi
Turkey HillS 181°74 m4.7 mi
Archelaus HillWNW 303°74 m6.1 mi
Turner HillSSW 193°70 m5.9 mi
Crane Neck HillWNW 284°69 m5.8 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, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29688253

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