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Lawrence Heritage State Park

Lawrence Heritage State Park from directly overhead

Lawrence Heritage State Park is a park in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 14 m. Holt Hill stands 128 m to the south-southeast, 5.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Lawrence Heritage State Park - Visitors Center, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.70679, -71.15740

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Historic sites
  • Persian Gulf Memorial: 0.2 mi
  • Korean War Memorial: 0.2 mi
  • Campagnone Memorial: 0.2 mi
  • Lawrence Civil War Memorial: 0.2 mi
  • Ampitheater Ruins: 2.1 mi
Parks
  • Campagnone Common: 0.2 mi
  • Reviviendo Playground: 0.3 mi
  • Pemberton State Park: 0.4 mi
  • Misserville Park: 0.4 mi
  • O"Neill Park: 0.4 mi
Peaks
  • Prospect Hill: 0.6 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Tower Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Daddy Frye Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Den Rock: 2.1 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches
Gardens
  • Andover Community Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Georgetown Community Garden: 7.2 mi
  • Tewksbury Community Garden: 7.6 mi
  • Wildflower Meadows: 7.7 mi
  • Davis Hayfield Pollinator Garden: 8.2 mi
Artworks
Attractions
  • Mine of Lost Souls: 7.5 mi
  • Kiddie Canoes: 7.5 mi
  • Policy Pond Log Flume: 7.5 mi
  • Pirate Ship: 7.5 mi
  • Rock Wall: 7.5 mi
Picnic sites: 21
Cliffs: 20
Rest areas: 9
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 4.6 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 8.3 mi
  • Windham Weigh Station Northbound: 10.4 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 10.9 mi
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 18.3 mi
Waterfalls: 8
  • Wamesit Falls: 8.9 mi
  • Newbury Falls: 12.0 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 18.5 mi
  • Hampton Falls: 20.3 mi
  • Wildcat Falls: 20.5 mi
Springs: 5
  • Lion's Spring: 14.1 mi
  • Rail Spring: 14.8 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 15.6 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 18.9 mi
  • Jailhouse Spring: 21.9 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.0 miles of Lawrence Heritage State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Holt HillSSE 150°128 m5.2 mi
Mills HillSE 135°121 m3.5 mi
Poplar HillWNW 292°118 m5.4 mi
Town Farm HillESE 117°117 m4.2 mi
Boston HillSE 142°117 m5.3 mi
Claypit HillSE 136°116 m4.2 mi
Gage HillWNW 290°113 m6.6 mi
Wood HillSW 221°112 m4.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:0719:4420:27
September equinox06:3318:0718:44
December solstice07:1215:2916:14

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937495968747365534333
Precip in4.23.84.74.13.84.13.73.73.94.73.84.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lawrence, under a mile away.

  • Asian bittersweet19 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel18 obs
  • Canada Goose16 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail16 obs
  • Common Snapping Turtle15 obs
  • tree-of-heaven15 obs
  • American Robin13 obs
  • House Sparrow13 obs

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/29838407

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