West Common
West Common is a garden in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 43 m. Moose Hill stands 163 m to the north, 8.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Zecher Lot, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 3.9 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 3.9 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 11.1 mi off the Great and Breakneck Hill Roads
- 14.4 mi off the Veteran's Memorial Parkway
- 18.6 mi off the Route 114 and High Street
Overlooks nearby
- Lookout Point · 3 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 5 mi
- Prospect Terrace Viewpoint · 14 mi
- Gaspee Point Overlook · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Zecher Lot: 0.6 mi
- Sweet-Kaling Conservation Area: 0.7 mi
- Udall Parcel: 0.8 mi
- Cabot Forbes Parcels: 0.8 mi
- Cabot Forbes Parcels: 1.0 mi
- Moose Hill: 1.3 mi
- Sunrise Hill: 3.5 mi
- Foolish Hill: 3.9 mi
- Shpack Hill: 4.0 mi
- High Rock: 4.9 mi
- Taylor Hill Conservation Woods & Trails: 1.3 mi
- Taylor Hill Woods: 1.5 mi
- Cross Point Church Park: 2.0 mi
- Robinbson Park: 2.3 mi
- Mansfield Common: 2.3 mi
- Cobbler's Cornner: 1.4 mi
- Mansfield's Great Duck Race Fountain: 2.3 mi
- In Honor of Robert C. Libbey: 2.3 mi
- Robsinson Park: 2.3 mi
- World War II Veterans Memorial: 2.4 mi
- Path Continues: 3.0 mi
- G's Place: 3.2 mi
- Trailers: 3.4 mi
- To L.A. Foster Wildlife Refuge: 4.9 mi
- To Woodward Forest: 5.0 mi
- Julia's Garden: 3.5 mi
- Big A Hedge: 4.1 mi
- Katie's Garden: 5.0 mi
- Nature's Play Area: 5.0 mi
- Attleboro Rose Garden: 5.0 mi
- Falls Fire Barn Museum: 4.0 mi
- Attleboro Arts Museum: 4.1 mi
- Attleboro Area Industrial Museum: 4.2 mi
- The Patriots Hall of Fame: 6.6 mi
- Children's Museum Easton: 8.7 mi
- "HA HA HA" Sculpture: 4.1 mi
- "Arts for Everyone" Mural: 4.1 mi
- Cuddy Court Creatures: 4.1 mi
- "Inspire Thru Art" Mural: 4.2 mi
- Lloyd G. Balfour Riverwalk Scupture: 4.2 mi
- Barbara Road Beach: 4.6 mi
- Whiting's Pond Beach: 4.7 mi
- Sweatt Beach: 7.5 mi
- Chilson Beach: 10.6 mi
- Turner Pond Beach: 10.7 mi
- King Philip Cave: 6.0 mi
- King Philip Rock: 6.4 mi
- Fatboy Boulder: 11.6 mi
- Pond Cave: 11.7 mi
- Summit Wall: 11.8 mi
- 12: 3.5 mi
- 11: 3.5 mi
- 8: 3.5 mi
- 7: 3.5 mi
- 10: 3.5 mi
- Interstate 95 Rest Area: 1.9 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 2.3 mi
- Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 11.0 mi
- Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 11.1 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 15.8 mi
- Roger Williams Spring: 14.4 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 17.2 mi
- Cascade Brook Falls: 18.5 mi
- Rock Falls: 18.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.3 miles of West Common. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moose Hill | N 11° | 163 m | 8.9 mi |
| Beacon Pole Hill | W 269° | 162 m | 10.5 mi |
| Catamint Hill | W 271° | 152 m | 10.3 mi |
| Bald Hill | WNW 288° | 145 m | 11.1 mi |
| Diamond Hill | W 271° | 144 m | 8.7 mi |
| Iron Rock Hill | W 271° | 140 m | 10.8 mi |
| Bluff Hill | N 11° | 138 m | 8.1 mi |
| Oak Hill | WNW 285° | 138 m | 10.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:10 | 19:42 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:07 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 15:32 | 16:17 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 29 | 36 | 47 | 57 | 66 | 72 | 71 | 63 | 51 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 3.8 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 5.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norton W, 4 mi away.
- alder buckthorn17 obs
- autumn olive13 obs
- Eastern Cottontail12 obs
- American pokeweed9 obs
- eastern white pine9 obs
- American Robin8 obs
- Sweet Pepperbush8 obs
- American Bullfrog8 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.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29883315
Day trips start here
- Mansfield · 3 mi
- Attleboro · 4 mi
- Foxborough · 5 mi
- North Attleborough · 5 mi
- Bristol-Norfolk · 6 mi
- Sharon · 9 mi
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