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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 82 m. Great Blue Hill stands 193 m to the north-northeast, 9.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Sreda Land, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 4.8 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.07536, -71.17301

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Attractions
  • King Philip Rock: 0.5 mi
  • Ames Boulder: 1.1 mi
  • Old Shed: 6.6 mi
  • Old Shed: 6.6 mi
  • Path Continues: 7.4 mi
Historic sites
  • Old Well: 0.7 mi
  • Collapsed house: 0.7 mi
  • Ruined Vehicle: 3.3 mi
  • Ruined Vehicle: 3.3 mi
  • Cistern: 3.5 mi
Peaks
Parks
  • Frank I. Sullivan Recreational Area: 1.3 mi
  • Gavin's Pond Soccer Complex: 2.1 mi
  • Beech Tree Park: 2.5 mi
  • Deborah Sampson Park: 2.5 mi
  • Dr. Walter A. Griffin Playground: 2.7 mi
Artworks
  • Japanese Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Deborah Sampson: 3.5 mi
  • Oliver Ames: 3.5 mi
  • TOOTHY!!!: 4.6 mi
  • Tom Brady: 4.8 mi
Museums
Gardens
Beaches
  • Turner Pond Beach: 7.1 mi
  • Fishermans Beach: 8.8 mi
  • Sweatt Beach: 9.4 mi
  • Whiting's Pond Beach: 10.1 mi
  • Barbara Road Beach: 10.8 mi
Cliffs: 47
  • King Philip Rock: 0.5 mi
  • King Philip Cave: 0.7 mi
  • Breakneck Ledge: 10.6 mi
  • The Shield: 12.8 mi
  • S Wall: 13.6 mi
Picnic sites: 39
  • Oak Grove: 1.0 mi
  • 35: 8.9 mi
  • 12: 8.9 mi
  • 15: 8.9 mi
  • 11: 8.9 mi
Rest areas: 11
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 7.1 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 7.8 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 9.9 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 16.8 mi
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 16.8 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 10.7 mi
  • Roger Williams Spring: 20.9 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 12.3 mi
  • Cascade Brook Falls: 24.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.1 miles of Borderland State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great Blue HillNNE 18°193 m9.9 mi
Moose HillNNW 328°163 m4.0 mi
Hancock HillNNE 22°155 m10.6 mi
Buck HillNNE 27°151 m10.8 mi
Hemenway HillNNE 21°140 m10.5 mi
Bluff HillNW 320°138 m3.4 mi
Cedar HillNNW 331°134 m11.0 mi
Tucker HillNNE 25°133 m10.5 mi

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.

  • Painted Turtle92 obs
  • Common Watersnake91 obs
  • Common Garter Snake76 obs
  • eastern white pine76 obs
  • American Toad75 obs
  • Sweet Pepperbush68 obs
  • White-tailed Deer65 obs
  • white oak58 obs

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/875659850

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