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Fragrance Gardens

Fragrance Gardens from directly overhead

Fragrance Gardens is a garden in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 14 m. Sunrise Hill stands 119 m to the northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Arthur Cleveland Bent Memorial Cabin, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 12 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

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Coordinates41.88031, -71.12761

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Westville Conservation Area: 0.7 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial Park: 1.2 mi
  • Davol Park: 1.4 mi
  • Arthur Sharp Estate: 1.7 mi
  • Weir Field: 1.7 mi
Nature reserves
Museums
Peaks
  • Prospect Hill: 4.3 mi
  • Bryant Hill: 4.5 mi
  • Annawan Rock: 4.6 mi
  • Great Meadow Hill: 4.6 mi
  • Hospital Hill: 4.8 mi
Attractions
  • To Woodward Forest: 5.3 mi
  • To L.A. Foster Wildlife Refuge: 5.5 mi
  • Vernal Pool: 6.2 mi
  • Path Continues: 6.2 mi
  • Deborah's Garden: 6.2 mi
Artworks
  • Pratt Memorial Statue: 8.4 mi
  • "Arts for Everyone" Mural: 9.0 mi
  • "HA HA HA" Sculpture: 9.0 mi
  • Cuddy Court Creatures: 9.2 mi
  • "Inspire Thru Art" Mural: 9.3 mi
Beaches: 46
Gardens: 38
  • Big A Hedge: 9.1 mi
  • Nature's Play Area: 9.6 mi
  • Katie's Garden: 9.6 mi
  • Attleboro Rose Garden: 9.6 mi
  • West Common: 10.1 mi
Picnic sites: 22
  • 8: 12.6 mi
  • 7: 12.6 mi
  • 6: 12.6 mi
  • 4: 12.6 mi
  • 11: 12.6 mi
Cliffs: 20
Rest areas: 11
  • Rest Area I-195 (West Bound): 9.7 mi
  • Rest Area I-195 (East Bound): 9.8 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 11.8 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 11.9 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 16.8 mi
Springs: 4
Waterfalls: 4
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.5 miles of Fragrance Gardens. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sunrise HillNW 311°118.87 m12.6 mi
Copicut HillSSE 162°109 m11.5 mi
Foolish HillNNW 336°104 m13.2 mi
Cow HillNNW 348°92 m14.3 mi
Bear HillWNW 289°85 m14.2 mi
Hoppin HillWNW 297°79 m12.7 mi
Great Meadow HillW 269°78 m4.6 mi
Ides HillWNW 290°77 m10.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:1019:4220:24
September equinox06:3318:0718:44
December solstice07:1015:3216:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293138485967737265534335
Precip in3.73.45.14.83.44.13.53.63.94.34.14.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Taunton, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage15 obs
  • striped wintergreen15 obs
  • Monarch14 obs
  • Wood Frog12 obs
  • American Nursery Web Spider11 obs
  • Black-capped Chickadee11 obs
  • Zabulon Skipper11 obs
  • Eastern Red-backed Salamander10 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.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/491147929

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