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Blake-Holmes Property

Blake-Holmes Property from directly overhead

Blake-Holmes Property is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 11 m. Prospect Hill stands 72 m to the southwest, 5.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Sumner Smith Overlook Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 15 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1997-01-29
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Cohasset Conservation Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.24905, -70.79432

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Cohasset Town Common: 0.6 mi
  • Cohasset Town Common: 0.6 mi
  • Cohasset Town Common: 0.6 mi
  • Veteran's Park: 0.6 mi
  • World War I Memorial: 0.6 mi
Beaches
Museums
Peaks
  • Kent Rocks: 0.7 mi
  • Beacon Rock: 0.8 mi
  • Bear Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Walnut Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Deer Hill: 1.6 mi
Gardens
Historic sites
Artworks
Attractions
  • Mann Farmhouse: 5.3 mi
  • South Shore Model Railroad Club: 6.1 mi
  • South Shore Natural Science Center: 6.5 mi
  • Herring Run: 7.2 mi
  • House Rock: 8.1 mi
Cliffs: 44
Lighthouses: 8
Picnic sites: 8
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Area: 9.6 mi
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Table Area: 9.6 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 11.2 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 15.5 mi
  • Pine Knoll: 15.6 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 9.1 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 9.1 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 16.1 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 18.7 mi
  • Massachusetts Tourist Information Center: 22.7 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 11.2 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 19.8 mi
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 14.2 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 20.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.1 miles of Blake-Holmes Property. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Prospect HillSW 220°72 m5.0 mi
Judges HillSSW 199°71 m4.2 mi
Mount BlueSSW 202°66 m4.6 mi
Black Pond HillS 187°64 m4.7 mi
Otis HillSSW 198°58 m5.1 mi
Paradise HillS 189°58 m6.1 mi
Marshfield HillsSSE 167°58 m8.2 mi
Turkey HillWSW 259°57 m3.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4718:1818:55
June solstice05:0819:4120:24
September equinox06:3118:0518:42
December solstice07:0915:2916:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303238485867737265544435
Precip in4.54.05.44.63.84.03.63.83.95.24.45.1

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/739436236

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