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Seaside Park

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Seaside Park is a park in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 6 m. Burrill Hill stands 87 m to the west, 6.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Riverhead Beach, a beach 0.2 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 10 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
6 m

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.49431, -70.85626

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Beaches
Parks
  • William I Hammond Park: 0.3 mi
  • Memorial Park: 0.5 mi
  • Washington Square: 0.6 mi
  • Crocker Park: 0.7 mi
  • Reynolds Playground: 0.9 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Artworks
Peaks
  • Burial Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Coddon Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Legg Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Vinnin Hill: 2.4 mi
  • Ledge Hill: 3.3 mi
Gardens
  • Pickman Park Community Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Salem Community Gardens: 2.1 mi
  • Ropes Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Community Gardens: 7.7 mi
  • Herb Garden: 8.0 mi
Attractions
Cliffs: 51
Picnic sites: 22
  • Pinetops Picnic Area: 9.0 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 17.3 mi
  • Pine Knoll: 17.6 mi
  • Oak Lea: 17.7 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 17.7 mi
Lighthouses: 20
Waterfalls: 4
  • Cascade Falls: 11.7 mi
  • Newbury Falls: 18.1 mi
  • Rock Falls: 21.7 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 24.3 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Commissioners Landing: 14.5 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 23.8 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 24.1 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 24.6 mi
Springs: 3
  • Quarry Spring: 13.3 mi
  • Rail Spring: 18.5 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 22.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.6 miles of Seaside Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Burrill HillW 268°87 m6.6 mi
Mount GileadW 268°77 m7.0 mi
Mount HermonW 271°76 m6.2 mi
Mount MoriahW 264°74 m7.3 mi
Weetamoo CliffW 272°68 m7.2 mi
Fuller HillW 267°68 m7.4 mi
Prospect HillW 274°63 m5.8 mi
Mount SpickettW 272°62 m6.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0719:4220:25
September equinox06:3118:0618:43
December solstice07:1115:2816:14

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272935455564716963524233
Precip in3.83.54.74.33.54.13.53.33.65.04.14.7

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

  • Common Eider107 obs
  • Mallard75 obs
  • Common Periwinkle74 obs
  • Great Egret55 obs
  • wood anemone53 obs
  • American Herring Gull50 obs
  • Asian Shore Crab48 obs
  • European Green Crab47 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/29696948

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