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Withers Conservation Area

Withers Conservation Area from directly overhead

Withers Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 8 m. Powow Hill stands 99 m to the north, 4.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Artichoke River Woods, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 3.0 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town Of West Newbury
Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.80039, -70.93411

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Turkey Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Indian Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Pipestave Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Archelaus Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Tower Hill: 1.6 mi
Parks
  • Woodman Park: 1.2 mi
  • Cherry Hill Soccer Fields: 1.4 mi
  • Maudslay State Park: 1.8 mi
  • Three Roads: 2.4 mi
  • Atkinson Common: 2.5 mi
Historic sites
  • Main House Site: 1.5 mi
  • Helen Moseley House Site: 1.7 mi
  • George Washington: 3.2 mi
  • William Lloyd Garrison Statue: 3.2 mi
  • Golgotha Boulder: 3.3 mi
Gardens
  • Rose Garden: 1.6 mi
  • Italian Garden: 1.6 mi
  • The Formal Gardens: 1.6 mi
  • Shallow-Cold Frames: 1.6 mi
  • Deep-Cold Frames: 1.6 mi
Artworks
  • Clyde: 2.8 mi
  • Eclipse: 2.8 mi
  • Sparrows: 2.8 mi
  • Torrential Flight: 2.8 mi
  • Will He.: 2.9 mi
Museums
Attractions
  • Market Square: 3.3 mi
  • Captain's Fishing Parties: 5.9 mi
  • Corn Maze: 8.2 mi
  • Al Gauron Fishing & Whale Watching: 9.1 mi
  • The Rockery: 11.4 mi
Beaches
  • Plum Island Beach: 6.1 mi
  • Plum Island Beach: 6.4 mi
  • Salisbury Beach: 6.7 mi
  • Seabrook Beach: 8.4 mi
  • The Knobbs: 8.4 mi
Cliffs: 18
  • Sheep's Rock: 6.4 mi
  • Great Neck: 9.3 mi
  • Wildcat Ledge: 9.4 mi
  • Bar Head Cliff: 10.6 mi
  • Coastal Bank Bluff: 11.1 mi
Lighthouses: 17
Picnic sites: 14
Waterfalls: 11
  • Newbury Falls: 3.5 mi
  • Hampton Falls: 8.3 mi
  • Great Falls: 12.5 mi
  • Lower Falls: 12.6 mi
  • Piscassic Falls: 19.5 mi
Rest areas: 8
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 4.3 mi
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 6.0 mi
  • Seabrook Rest Area: 6.4 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 6.5 mi
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 10.0 mi
Springs: 3
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.3 miles of Withers Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Powow HillN 358°99 m4.5 mi
Ayers HillW 274°97 m6.3 mi
Red Oak HillWNW 303°93 m5.6 mi
Red Oak HillWNW 301°93 m5.6 mi
Chair HillN 353°93 m6.0 mi
Sawyers HillNNW 337°91 m5.4 mi
Highlands HillNW 306°88 m5.9 mi
Corliss HillWNW 283°84 m6.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0619:4320:26
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:1215:2716:13

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262936475767727163514132
Precip in3.73.64.94.23.84.23.63.44.14.93.94.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Groveland, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29689381

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