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Borderland State Park

Borderland State Park from directly overhead

Borderland State Park is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 75 m. Great Blue Hill stands 193 m to the north-northeast, 9.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Water Department Land, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 5.7 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.07448, -71.15421

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Ames Boulder: 1.0 mi
  • King Philip Rock: 1.5 mi
  • Old Shed: 6.2 mi
  • Old Shed: 6.2 mi
  • Path Continues: 7.2 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
Parks
  • Frank I. Sullivan Recreational Area: 1.7 mi
  • Queset Gardens: 2.5 mi
  • Queset Gardens: 2.5 mi
  • Edwin A. Keach Park: 2.5 mi
  • Frothingham Memorial Park: 2.7 mi
Artworks
  • Oliver Ames: 2.5 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Deborah Sampson: 3.7 mi
  • TOOTHY!!!: 4.2 mi
  • EARLY HISTORY OF STOUGHTON MURAL: 4.4 mi
Museums
Gardens
Beaches
  • Turner Pond Beach: 7.9 mi
  • Fishermans Beach: 8.5 mi
  • Sweatt Beach: 10.4 mi
  • Whiting's Pond Beach: 10.9 mi
  • Barbara Road Beach: 11.5 mi
Cliffs: 48
  • King Philip Rock: 1.5 mi
  • King Philip Cave: 1.6 mi
  • Breakneck Ledge: 10.4 mi
  • The Shield: 12.4 mi
  • S Wall: 13.2 mi
Picnic sites: 39
  • Oak Grove: 1.0 mi
  • 12: 9.7 mi
  • 35: 9.7 mi
  • 15: 9.7 mi
  • 11: 9.7 mi
Rest areas: 11
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 7.8 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 8.6 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 9.9 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 17.6 mi
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 17.6 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 10.3 mi
  • Roger Williams Spring: 21.4 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Rock Falls: 11.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.5 miles of Borderland State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great Blue HillNNE 12°193 m9.7 mi
Moose HillNW 318°163 m4.6 mi
Chickatawbut HillNNE 25°156 m11.3 mi
Hancock HillNNE 17°155 m10.4 mi
Buck HillNNE 23°151 m10.5 mi
Fenno PeakNNE 25°151 m11.3 mi
Nahanton HillNNE 26°145 m11.5 mi
Hemenway HillNNE 16°140 m10.3 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.

Wildlife nearby
  • Painted Turtle93 obs
  • Common Watersnake86 obs
  • White-tailed Deer72 obs
  • American Toad72 obs
  • Common Garter Snake70 obs
  • eastern white pine69 obs
  • Sweet Pepperbush60 obs
  • white oak52 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/29830588

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