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Apple Valley Conservation Restriction

Apple Valley Conservation Restriction from directly overhead

Apple Valley Conservation Restriction is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 58 m. Great Blue Hill stands 193 m to the northeast, 6.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Chestnut Hill, a peak 0.3 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 2.3 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.14108, -71.18146

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Artworks
  • Deborah Sampson: 1.1 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 2.0 mi
  • TOOTHY!!!: 3.0 mi
  • EARLY HISTORY OF STOUGHTON MURAL: 4.2 mi
  • Welcome to Camp Christina: 5.1 mi
Parks
  • Sharon Historic District: 1.2 mi
  • Doherty Field: 1.3 mi
  • 1st Sgt James A. Keating Memorial Park: 1.3 mi
  • Paul Revere Heritage Site: 1.8 mi
  • Dr. Walter A. Griffin Playground: 1.9 mi
Museums
  • Sharon Historical Society: 1.2 mi
  • Morse House: 2.6 mi
  • The Patriots Hall of Fame: 5.4 mi
  • Blue Hills Trailside Museum: 6.2 mi
  • Kingsbury Grist Mill: 6.5 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
  • King Philip Rock: 4.4 mi
  • Ames Boulder: 5.6 mi
  • Path Continues: 6.1 mi
  • 2: 7.1 mi
  • 1: 7.1 mi
Beaches
  • Turner Pond Beach: 4.4 mi
  • Fishermans Beach: 5.6 mi
  • South Beach: 7.0 mi
  • North Beach: 7.1 mi
  • Powissett Beach: 7.2 mi
Gardens
Cliffs: 51
  • King Philip Rock: 4.4 mi
  • King Philip Cave: 4.7 mi
  • Breakneck Ledge: 6.8 mi
  • The Shield: 9.6 mi
  • R Wall: 10.3 mi
Picnic sites: 39
  • Oak Grove: 5.5 mi
  • 35: 11.8 mi
  • 36: 11.8 mi
  • 16-34: 11.9 mi
  • 15: 11.9 mi
Rest areas: 8
  • Westwood Rest Area: 5.4 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 10.4 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 11.1 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 16.0 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 19.4 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 3
  • Pakomet Spring: 7.5 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 20.7 mi
  • Roger Williams Spring: 24.5 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 10.0 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 21.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.5 miles of Apple Valley Conservation Restriction. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great Blue HillNE 35°193 m6.0 mi
Moose HillSW 234°163 m2.0 mi
Chickatawbut HillNE 48°156 m8.3 mi
Hancock HillNE 40°155 m6.9 mi
Buck HillNE 47°151 m7.4 mi
Fenno PeakNE 48°151 m8.4 mi
Hemenway HillNE 38°140 m6.7 mi
Bluff HillSW 223°138 m2.6 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 solstice07:1115:3116:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303239506069747265534435
Precip in3.42.83.74.03.33.93.03.63.84.53.74.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norwood MEM AP, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29742604

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