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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 87 m. Great Blue Hill stands 193 m to the north, 8.3 miles off. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 6.3 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.09214, -71.12949

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Pump House: 1.4 mi
  • SPD PATROLMAN DUNCAN R. FLEMMING SQUARE: 1.8 mi
  • Cornelius A. Crimmins Square: 2.0 mi
  • Scagnoli Square: 2.1 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial Park: 2.2 mi
Parks
  • Manfred Kolz Soccer Fields: 1.9 mi
  • Queset Gardens: 2.1 mi
  • Queset Gardens: 2.1 mi
  • Marks Field: 2.3 mi
  • Frank I. Sullivan Recreational Area: 2.3 mi
Artworks
  • Oliver Ames: 2.0 mi
  • EARLY HISTORY OF STOUGHTON MURAL: 2.7 mi
  • TOOTHY!!!: 2.7 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Deborah Sampson: 3.4 mi
Museums
Attractions
  • Ames Boulder: 2.7 mi
  • King Philip Rock: 2.9 mi
  • Old Shed: 7.3 mi
  • Old Shed: 7.3 mi
  • Path Continues: 8.4 mi
Beaches
  • Fishermans Beach: 6.9 mi
  • Turner Pond Beach: 8.1 mi
  • South Beach: 11.2 mi
  • North Beach: 11.3 mi
  • Powissett Beach: 11.5 mi
Gardens
Cliffs: 51
  • King Philip Rock: 2.9 mi
  • King Philip Cave: 3.2 mi
  • Breakneck Ledge: 8.9 mi
  • The Shield: 10.7 mi
  • S Wall: 11.5 mi
Picnic sites: 39
Rest areas: 10
  • Westwood Rest Area: 8.8 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 9.6 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 10.3 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 17.9 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 18.0 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 3
  • Pakomet Spring: 8.7 mi
  • Roger Williams Spring: 23.1 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 23.8 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 9.9 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 24.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.7 miles of Ames Long Pond Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great Blue HillN 5°193 m8.3 mi
Moose HillWNW 297°163 m4.8 mi
Chickatawbut HillNNE 21°156 m9.6 mi
Hancock HillNNE 11°155 m8.9 mi
Buck HillNNE 18°151 m8.9 mi
Fenno PeakNNE 22°151 m9.6 mi
Nahanton HillNNE 22°145 m9.9 mi
Hemenway HillN 10°140 m8.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:0919:4220:25
September equinox06:3318:0718:44
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, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29819372

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