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Town Conservation Land

Town Conservation Land from directly overhead

Town Conservation Land is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 21 m. Holt Hill stands 128 m to the west-northwest, 5.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Jopp Lot, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 8.8 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1998
Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.61976, -71.00875

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Peabody Street Landing: 0.7 mi
  • Thunder Bridge Park: 1.1 mi
  • Howe-Manning Recreation Area: 1.6 mi
  • Henry Tragert Town Common: 1.9 mi
  • Boy Scout Park: 2.5 mi
Beaches
Peaks
  • Gould Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Bald Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Mound Eleanor: 1.4 mi
  • Wills Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Bare Hill: 1.8 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Trinity Church Memorial Garden: 2.3 mi
  • Davis Hayfield Pollinator Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Community Gardens: 4.1 mi
  • Georgetown Community Garden: 6.7 mi
  • Ropes Garden: 8.8 mi
Attractions
  • Connors Farm: 3.8 mi
  • The Rockery: 4.6 mi
  • Corn Maze: 7.5 mi
  • Salem Cat Museum: 8.4 mi
  • Echo Rock: 8.8 mi
Museums
Artworks
Cliffs: 38
Picnic sites: 23
Lighthouses: 20
Rest areas: 9
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 13.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 14.1 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 14.3 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 18.4 mi
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 19.0 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Newbury Falls: 9.9 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 12.5 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 14.7 mi
  • Hampton Falls: 21.3 mi
Springs: 4
  • Rail Spring: 11.9 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 13.6 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 16.3 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 20.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.3 miles of Town Conservation Land. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Holt HillWNW 286°128 m5.2 mi
Mills HillNW 305°121 m6.2 mi
Boston HillWNW 293°117 m4.7 mi
Town Farm HillNW 317°117 m5.6 mi
Claypit HillWNW 302°116 m5.5 mi
Baldpate HillN 357°107 m6.1 mi
Bayns HillNNW 342°100 m5.3 mi
Shaven Crown HillN 350°98 m5.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0719:4320:26
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:1215:2816:14

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262834465665716962514131
Precip in3.53.34.54.33.74.23.83.33.84.74.04.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Middleton, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29883195

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