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Ames Long Pond Area

Ames Long Pond Area from directly overhead

Ames Long Pond Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 70 m. Great Blue Hill stands 193 m to the north, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Flyaway Pond/Long Pond Management Area, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 7.0 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.08195, -71.12110

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Artworks
  • Oliver Ames: 1.2 mi
  • EARLY HISTORY OF STOUGHTON MURAL: 3.1 mi
  • TOOTHY!!!: 3.4 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 3.5 mi
  • Welcome to Camp Christina: 3.9 mi
Parks
  • Queset Gardens: 1.3 mi
  • Queset Gardens: 1.3 mi
  • Frothingham Memorial Park: 1.6 mi
  • Povoas Park: 1.7 mi
  • Sheep Pasture: 2.0 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
Museums
Attractions
  • Ames Boulder: 2.6 mi
  • King Philip Rock: 3.2 mi
  • Old Shed: 6.6 mi
  • Old Shed: 6.6 mi
  • Path Continues: 7.8 mi
Beaches
  • Fishermans Beach: 7.5 mi
  • Turner Pond Beach: 8.9 mi
  • South Beach: 12.0 mi
  • Sweatt Beach: 12.1 mi
  • North Beach: 12.1 mi
Gardens
Cliffs: 50
  • King Philip Rock: 3.2 mi
  • King Philip Cave: 3.4 mi
  • Breakneck Ledge: 9.6 mi
  • The Shield: 11.2 mi
  • S Wall: 12.0 mi
Picnic sites: 39
Rest areas: 10
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 9.5 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 9.6 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 10.3 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 17.6 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 17.6 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 3
  • Pakomet Spring: 9.2 mi
  • Roger Williams Spring: 22.9 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 24.5 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Rock Falls: 10.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.2 miles of Ames Long Pond Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great Blue HillN 2°193 m9.0 mi
Moose HillWNW 302°163 m5.6 mi
Chickatawbut HillNNE 17°156 m10.2 mi
Hancock HillN 8°155 m9.5 mi
Buck HillNNE 14°151 m9.5 mi
Fenno PeakNNE 18°151 m10.2 mi
Nahanton HillNNE 19°145 m10.4 mi
Hemenway HillN 7°140 m9.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:0919:4220:25
September equinox06:3218:0718:44
December solstice07:1015:3116:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303138495968747265544435
Precip in4.03.65.24.53.44.13.23.64.15.04.45.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Brockton, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29819352

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