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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 13 m. Holt Hill stands 128 m to the west-northwest, 5.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Peabody Street Landing, a park 0.1 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 8.4 miles off.

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Getting there

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Coordinates42.61685, -70.99570

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Peabody Street Landing: 0.1 mi
  • Thunder Bridge Park: 0.4 mi
  • Howe-Manning Recreation Area: 1.7 mi
  • Henry Tragert Town Common: 1.9 mi
  • Boy Scout Park: 2.6 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches
Peaks
  • Gould Hill: 0.5 mi
  • Bare Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Mound Eleanor: 1.4 mi
  • Bald Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Ferncroft Hill: 1.8 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Trinity Church Memorial Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Davis Hayfield Pollinator Garden: 3.2 mi
  • Community Gardens: 3.6 mi
  • Georgetown Community Garden: 7.0 mi
  • Ropes Garden: 8.2 mi
Attractions
  • Connors Farm: 3.1 mi
  • The Rockery: 4.0 mi
  • Corn Maze: 7.2 mi
  • Salem Cat Museum: 7.9 mi
  • BlackCraft Haunt: 8.3 mi
Museums
Artworks
Cliffs: 38
Picnic sites: 23
Lighthouses: 20
Rest areas: 9
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 13.3 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 14.3 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 14.9 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 18.3 mi
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 19.0 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Newbury Falls: 9.8 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 12.5 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 15.4 mi
  • Hampton Falls: 21.3 mi
Springs: 4
  • Rail Spring: 11.7 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 13.7 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 16.5 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 21.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.1 miles of Town Conservation Land. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Holt HillWNW 287°128 m5.9 mi
Mills HillWNW 303°121 m6.9 mi
Boston HillWNW 292°117 m5.3 mi
Town Farm HillNW 314°117 m6.2 mi
Claypit HillWNW 301°116 m6.1 mi
Baldpate HillN 351°107 m6.4 mi
Bayns HillNNW 336°100 m5.7 mi
Shaven Crown HillNNW 344°98 m6.1 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/29688119

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