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Sydney's Pond Conservation Restriction

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Sydney's Pond Conservation Restriction from directly overhead

Sydney's Pond Conservation Restriction is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Prospect Hill stands 72 m to the south, 3.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Sydney's Pond Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 12 miles off.

What the record says

Built
2016-01-28

How to reach it

Coordinates42.24998, -70.86345

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Weir River Estuary Park: 0.7 mi
  • Steamboat Wharf: 0.8 mi
  • Monument Park: 1.1 mi
  • Button Island: 1.1 mi
  • Iron Horse Park: 1.2 mi
Peaks
  • Turkey Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Planters Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Hampton Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Atlantic Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Center Hill: 1.5 mi
Historic sites
  • F. Arthur Edwards Memorial: 1.2 mi
  • Father Connolly: 1.3 mi
  • More-Brewer Stone: 2.7 mi
  • prs 2011 sun dial: 3.3 mi
  • Korean War Memorial: 4.0 mi
Beaches
Museums
Attractions
  • South Shore Model Railroad Club: 2.7 mi
  • Herring Run: 4.1 mi
  • House Rock: 4.9 mi
  • USS Salem: 5.5 mi
  • South Shore Natural Science Center: 6.2 mi
Gardens
Artworks
Cliffs: 45
Picnic sites: 21
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Area: 7.0 mi
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Table Area: 7.0 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 7.7 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 12.1 mi
  • Pine Knoll: 12.2 mi
Lighthouses: 8
Rest areas: 5
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 10.0 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 10.0 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 13.1 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 15.2 mi
  • Massachusetts Tourist Information Center: 24.0 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 7.9 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 17.3 mi
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 10.8 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 17.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.4 miles of Sydney's Pond Conservation Restriction. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Prospect HillS 175°72 m3.9 mi
Judges HillSSE 152°71 m4.6 mi
Mount BlueSSE 157°66 m4.7 mi
Black Pond HillSSE 148°64 m5.6 mi
Penns HillW 262°61 m6.8 mi
Otis HillSSE 158°58 m5.3 mi
Paradise HillSSE 157°58 m6.6 mi
Turkey HillSE 142°57 m0.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0819:4220:24
September equinox06:3118:0618:43
December solstice07:1015:2916:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303238485867737265544435
Precip in4.54.05.44.63.84.03.63.83.95.24.45.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hingham, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/759961449

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