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Adams Farm Preserve

Adams Farm Preserve from directly overhead

Adams Farm Preserve is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 59 m. Moose Hill stands 163 m to the south-southeast, 5.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Warren Forest, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 3.2 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Walpole Conservation Commission

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.19181, -71.26567

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Pheasant Hill Park: 1.5 mi
  • Buckmaster Pond: 2.1 mi
  • Meeting House Pond: 2.1 mi
  • Buckmaster Pond Park: 2.2 mi
  • Baxter Park: 2.2 mi
Museums
Gardens
Artworks
Historic sites
Beaches
  • Turner Pond Beach: 2.8 mi
  • Shapiro Beach: 3.0 mi
  • South Beach: 3.1 mi
  • Powissett Beach: 3.1 mi
  • North Beach: 3.4 mi
Attractions
  • 2: 3.3 mi
  • 1: 3.3 mi
  • 13: 3.6 mi
  • 14: 3.6 mi
  • 15: 3.7 mi
Cliffs: 47
  • Breakneck Ledge: 8.6 mi
  • King Philip Rock: 9.0 mi
  • King Philip Cave: 9.2 mi
  • The Alcove: 10.2 mi
  • Upper Cliff: 10.3 mi
Picnic sites: 40
  • Oak Grove: 10.4 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 11.9 mi
  • Oak Lea: 11.9 mi
  • Pine Knoll: 12.0 mi
  • Picnic Site 9: 13.2 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Westwood Rest Area: 5.8 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 12.6 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 13.2 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 15.1 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 19.7 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 10.2 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 18.8 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 13.5 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 20.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Moose HillSSE 150°163 m5.4 mi
Bluff HillSSE 155°138 m6.0 mi
Snow HillNNW 333°137 m2.5 mi
Cedar HillNNW 341°134 m1.7 mi
Pegan HillNNW 334°125 m4.5 mi
Brush HillNW 304°121 m7.4 mi
Dudley HillSSE 166°116 m6.9 mi
Strawberry HillN 10°114 m3.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:1019:4320:26
September equinox06:3318:0718:44
December solstice07:1115:3116:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038495968737264534334
Precip in3.93.44.84.43.64.23.64.03.75.04.15.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Walpole 2, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1123647804

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