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Bird Lane Land

Bird Lane Land from directly overhead

Bird Lane Land is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 77 m. Great Blue Hill stands 193 m to the north-northeast, 7.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Massapoag Trail and Brook, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 3.8 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.11171, -71.17105

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Dr. Walter A. Griffin Playground: 0.2 mi
  • Beech Tree Park: 0.3 mi
  • Deborah Sampson Park: 0.8 mi
  • 1st Sgt James A. Keating Memorial Park: 0.9 mi
  • Sharon Historic District: 0.9 mi
Artworks
  • Japanese Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Deborah Sampson: 1.0 mi
  • TOOTHY!!!: 2.8 mi
  • EARLY HISTORY OF STOUGHTON MURAL: 3.7 mi
  • Oliver Ames: 4.5 mi
Museums
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Cistern: 2.2 mi
  • Collapsed house: 2.4 mi
  • Old Well: 2.4 mi
  • Paul X. Walsh Memorial Park: 2.5 mi
  • Old Chimney: 2.5 mi
Attractions
  • King Philip Rock: 2.4 mi
  • Ames Boulder: 3.5 mi
  • Path Continues: 7.6 mi
  • 2: 8.3 mi
  • 1: 8.3 mi
Beaches
  • Turner Pond Beach: 5.6 mi
  • Fishermans Beach: 6.6 mi
  • South Beach: 9.0 mi
  • North Beach: 9.2 mi
  • Powissett Beach: 9.3 mi
Gardens
Cliffs: 52
  • King Philip Rock: 2.4 mi
  • King Philip Cave: 2.8 mi
  • Breakneck Ledge: 8.3 mi
  • The Shield: 10.7 mi
  • S Wall: 11.5 mi
Picnic sites: 39
  • Oak Grove: 3.5 mi
  • 35: 10.6 mi
  • 36: 10.6 mi
  • 15: 10.6 mi
  • 16-34: 10.6 mi
Rest areas: 11
  • Westwood Rest Area: 7.3 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 9.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 9.7 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 17.8 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 18.4 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 3
  • Pakomet Spring: 8.6 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 22.7 mi
  • Roger Williams Spring: 23.0 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 10.6 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 23.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.7 miles of Bird Lane Land. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great Blue HillNNE 23°193 m7.5 mi
Moose HillWNW 291°163 m2.3 mi
Chickatawbut HillNE 36°156 m9.5 mi
Hancock HillNNE 28°155 m8.3 mi
Buck HillNE 35°151 m8.6 mi
Fenno PeakNE 37°151 m9.5 mi
Nahanton HillNE 37°145 m9.7 mi
Hemenway HillNNE 26°140 m8.2 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 solstice07:1115:3116:17

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, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29860371

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