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Brown Square

Brown Square from directly overhead

Brown Square is a park in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 10 m. Powow Hill stands 99 m to the northwest, 5.0 miles off. The nearest named place is William Lloyd Garrison Statue, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway runs past it.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.81100, -70.87325

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • William Lloyd Garrison Statue: 0.0 mi
  • Watts' Cellar: 0.2 mi
  • Independent Marine Company Plack: 0.2 mi
  • Middle Shipyard: 0.2 mi
  • US Coast Guard Cutter Evergreen Bell: 0.2 mi
Artworks
  • Native Fish: 0.2 mi
  • Newburyport Collage: 0.2 mi
  • G-Swirl: 0.2 mi
  • Brushstrokes: 0.3 mi
  • Peace Offering: 0.3 mi
Attractions
Parks
  • Central Waterfront Park: 0.2 mi
  • Clipper City Rail Trail: 0.2 mi
  • Bartlet Mall: 0.2 mi
  • Clipper City Rail Trail: 0.3 mi
  • Cushing Park: 0.4 mi
Gardens
Museums
Peaks
  • Oak Hill: 0.7 mi
  • Wolf's Den Hill: 2.3 mi
  • Turkey Hill: 2.6 mi
  • Adams Place Hill: 2.7 mi
  • Castle Hill: 3.0 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches
  • Plum Island Beach: 2.9 mi
  • Plum Island Beach: 3.3 mi
  • Salisbury Beach: 3.7 mi
  • Seabrook Beach: 5.8 mi
  • The Knobbs: 6.7 mi
Lighthouses: 17
Cliffs: 17
  • Sheep's Rock: 3.8 mi
  • Great Neck: 8.1 mi
  • Bar Head Cliff: 9.0 mi
  • Coastal Bank Bluff: 9.7 mi
  • Wildcat Ledge: 11.8 mi
Picnic sites: 13
  • Stratham Town Landing: 14.0 mi
  • 4H Pavilion: 15.9 mi
  • Scamman Pavilion: 15.9 mi
  • Front Pavilion: 16.0 mi
  • Birthday Bay: 16.2 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Newbury Falls: 5.1 mi
  • Hampton Falls: 6.9 mi
  • Great Falls: 12.3 mi
  • Lower Falls: 12.4 mi
  • Piscassic Falls: 19.1 mi
Rest areas: 8
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 4.8 mi
  • Seabrook Rest Area: 5.1 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 7.1 mi
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 8.5 mi
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Southbound: 8.8 mi
Springs: 3
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.6 miles of Brown Square. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Powow HillNW 319°99 m5.0 mi
Chair HillNW 324°93 m6.5 mi
Sawyers HillNW 309°91 m6.7 mi
Long HillWNW 284°81 m7.6 mi
Ring HillNW 304°80.72 m6.5 mi
Bear HillWNW 292°80 m7.2 mi
Brake HillWSW 252°78.64 m7.0 mi
Prospect HillS 187°77 m7.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1818:56
June solstice05:0619:4320:26
September equinox06:3118:0518:43
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, 10 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • common dandelion97 obs
  • Long-tailed Duck62 obs
  • Mallard51 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel51 obs
  • Gadwall45 obs
  • Ring-billed Gull42 obs
  • tansy40 obs
  • Common Goldeneye37 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/271671186

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