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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 45 m. Cairn Hill stands 92 m to the south, 2.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Greenwood Hill, a peak 0.3 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 6.0 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.48500, -71.08160

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • East School Park: 0.3 mi
  • Joseph C. Cerrone Memorial Park: 0.6 mi
  • Pomeworth Field: 0.7 mi
  • Spring Street Park: 0.7 mi
  • A.P. Rounds Playground: 0.8 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Museums
Attractions
  • Stone Chimney: 2.1 mi
  • Pickerel Rock: 2.7 mi
  • 1899 MIT Observatory site: 3.0 mi
  • Steel Tower: 4.5 mi
  • Echo Rock: 4.8 mi
Beaches
Artworks
  • Orange Dinosaur: 3.7 mi
  • Rock spiral: 3.8 mi
  • Baldwin Green: 4.1 mi
  • Jumbo Statue: 5.7 mi
  • The Cannon: 5.7 mi
Gardens
  • Sylvester Baxter Delta: 3.8 mi
  • Herb Garden: 3.9 mi
  • Malden Youth Community Garden: 4.1 mi
  • Winthrop Street Community Garden: 5.0 mi
  • Alex's Place: 5.7 mi
Cliffs: 48
Picnic sites: 24
  • Pinetops Picnic Area: 2.6 mi
  • Picnic Site 1: 10.6 mi
  • Picnic Site 2: 11.0 mi
  • Picnic Site 3: 11.0 mi
  • Picnic Site 4: 11.0 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Rest areas: 5
  • Commissioners Landing: 8.8 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 18.9 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 20.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 22.1 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 23.6 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Cascade Falls: 2.8 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 14.8 mi
  • Newbury Falls: 19.9 mi
  • Rock Falls: 20.1 mi
Springs: 4
  • Quarry Spring: 3.6 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 18.0 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 19.1 mi
  • Rail Spring: 21.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 4.9 miles of Town Conservation Land. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cairn HillS 185°92 m2.8 mi
Bear HillSW 225°91 m1.9 mi
Castle RockE 83°87.2 m1.9 mi
Burrill HillE 86°87 m4.9 mi
Horn Pond MountainWSW 246°86 m4.3 mi
Winthrop HillSW 216°84 m2.2 mi
Boojum RockS 182°83 m3.1 mi
Crow HillE 81°82.9 m2.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:1918:57
June solstice05:0819:4320:26
September equinox06:3218:0618:44
December solstice07:1115:2916:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283037485867737264534334
Precip in3.93.64.94.33.84.24.03.53.94.84.05.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Reading, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29859380

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