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Towners Pond Conservation Area

Towners Pond Conservation Area from directly overhead

Towners Pond Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 36 m. Cairn Hill stands 92 m to the west, 2.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Swains Pond Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 5.9 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.45008, -71.04533

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Mount Hood Recreation Area & Golf Course: 0.3 mi
  • Burnett Park: 0.4 mi
  • Lebanon Street Park: 0.6 mi
  • High Rock Memorial Park: 0.7 mi
  • Demontier Square: 0.8 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Major Doak A. Weston USAAF: 0.6 mi
  • Operation Enduring Freedom Tennis Courts: 0.9 mi
  • Honor Roll of World War II, Korean and Vietnam Wars: 1.1 mi
  • Firefighter Memorial: 1.1 mi
  • FIrst National Bank of Malden: 2.0 mi
Artworks
Gardens
Attractions
  • 1899 MIT Observatory site: 2.1 mi
  • Stone Chimney: 2.2 mi
  • Pickerel Rock: 2.8 mi
  • Hikmat home: 3.0 mi
  • Lynn Woods Rose Garden: 3.5 mi
Beaches
Museums
Cliffs: 50
Picnic sites: 23
  • Pinetops Picnic Area: 3.0 mi
  • Pine Knoll: 10.2 mi
  • Oak Lea: 10.3 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 10.4 mi
  • Picnic Site 1: 11.2 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Waterfalls: 4
  • Cascade Falls: 1.6 mi
  • Rock Falls: 17.4 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 17.8 mi
  • Newbury Falls: 21.6 mi
Springs: 4
  • Quarry Spring: 3.2 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 16.7 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 20.7 mi
  • Rail Spring: 23.2 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Commissioners Landing: 6.5 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 17.1 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 22.9 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 24.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 4.4 miles of Towners Pond Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cairn HillW 261°92 m2.1 mi
Bear HillWNW 289°91 m3.3 mi
Castle RockN 1°87.2 m2.7 mi
Burrill HillNE 48°87 m4.1 mi
Winthrop HillWNW 282°84 m3.2 mi
Boojum RockWSW 250°83 m2.1 mi
Crow HillN 3°82.9 m2.7 mi
Taylor MountainWNW 283°81 m3.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0819:4320:26
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:1115:2916:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303238495868747366554536
Precip in3.43.24.23.63.23.93.33.23.64.03.74.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boston, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29818766

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