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South Shore Health

South Shore Health from directly overhead

South Shore Health is a garden in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 56 m. Chickatawbut Hill stands 156 m to the west-northwest, 6.6 miles off. The nearest named place is South Shore Health System Community Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 12 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
South Shore Health
Access
Yes
Fee
No

How to reach it

Coordinates42.17327, -70.95146

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Foff Library Front Park: 0.1 mi
  • Fogg Library Rear Park: 0.1 mi
  • Fogg Library Side Park: 0.1 mi
  • Library Parkinglot Park: 0.1 mi
  • Old South Union Church Garden Park: 0.1 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Pine Hills: 1.7 mi
  • Turkey Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Farm Hills: 2.3 mi
  • Penniman Hill: 2.6 mi
  • Mullein Hill: 2.9 mi
Beaches
Attractions
Cliffs: 46
Picnic sites: 39
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Area: 0.1 mi
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Table Area: 0.1 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 7.4 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 11.4 mi
  • Oak Lea: 11.5 mi
Lighthouses: 8
Rest areas: 7
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 9.5 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 9.5 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 11.0 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 14.2 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 20.3 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 3.2 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 19.8 mi
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 6.4 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 19.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chickatawbut HillWNW 301°156 m6.6 mi
Fenno PeakWNW 301°151 m6.5 mi
Buck HillWNW 294°151 m6.9 mi
Nahanton HillWNW 303°145 m6.4 mi
Kitchamakin HillWNW 302°133 m6.4 mi
Tucker HillWNW 292°133 m7.4 mi
Hawk HillWNW 296°120 m6.4 mi
Boyce HillWNW 292°115 m7.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0819:4220:24
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:1015:3016:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303238485867737265544435
Precip in4.54.05.44.63.84.03.63.83.95.24.45.1

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

  • eastern white pine24 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail16 obs
  • White-tailed Deer13 obs
  • American pokeweed13 obs
  • American Toad13 obs
  • Wood Frog10 obs
  • Wild Turkey9 obs
  • American Robin9 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.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/834704239

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