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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 72 m. Great Blue Hill stands 193 m to the north, 9.3 miles off. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 6.4 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.07900, -71.13790

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Attractions
  • Ames Boulder: 1.7 mi
  • King Philip Rock: 2.3 mi
  • Old Shed: 6.4 mi
  • Old Shed: 6.4 mi
  • Path Continues: 7.5 mi
Parks
  • Queset Gardens: 1.8 mi
  • Queset Gardens: 1.8 mi
  • Frothingham Memorial Park: 2.0 mi
  • Frank I. Sullivan Recreational Area: 2.1 mi
  • Povoas Park: 2.2 mi
Artworks
  • Oliver Ames: 1.8 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 3.0 mi
  • EARLY HISTORY OF STOUGHTON MURAL: 3.7 mi
  • TOOTHY!!!: 3.7 mi
  • Deborah Sampson: 3.8 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Gardens
Beaches
  • Fishermans Beach: 7.9 mi
  • Turner Pond Beach: 8.3 mi
  • Sweatt Beach: 11.2 mi
  • Whiting's Pond Beach: 11.7 mi
  • South Beach: 11.8 mi
Cliffs: 49
  • King Philip Rock: 2.3 mi
  • King Philip Cave: 2.5 mi
  • Breakneck Ledge: 9.9 mi
  • The Shield: 11.7 mi
  • S Wall: 12.6 mi
Picnic sites: 39
  • Oak Grove: 1.8 mi
  • 12: 10.5 mi
  • 35: 10.5 mi
  • 11: 10.5 mi
  • 15: 10.5 mi
Rest areas: 11
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 8.7 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 9.4 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 9.6 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 18.4 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 18.5 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 3
  • Pakomet Spring: 9.7 mi
  • Roger Williams Spring: 22.2 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 24.7 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Rock Falls: 10.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.5 miles of Ames Long Pond Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great Blue HillN 8°193 m9.3 mi
Moose HillNW 309°163 m5.0 mi
Chickatawbut HillNNE 22°156 m10.6 mi
Hancock HillNNE 13°155 m9.9 mi
Buck HillNNE 19°151 m9.9 mi
Fenno PeakNNE 22°151 m10.7 mi
Nahanton HillNNE 23°145 m10.9 mi
Hemenway HillNNE 11°140 m9.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:1019:4220:25
September equinox06:3318:0718:44
December solstice07:1015:3116:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272936475766727163514233
Precip in4.43.85.44.73.64.33.53.84.15.14.55.2

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29862531

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