Nature reserve · Massachusetts

Brayton Property

Brayton Property from directly overhead

Brayton Property is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 6 m. Copicut Hill stands 109 m to the north, 15 miles off. Paradise Ave and Other Roads passes 7.1 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built: 1983

Visiting

What to expect

Access: Yes

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.50581, -71.09946

7.1 mi off the Paradise Ave and Other Roads
10.1 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
13.1 mi off the Route 114 and High Street
22.1 mi off the Route 102 (Ten Rod Road)

Overlooks nearby

Gaspee Point Overlook · 22 mi
Prospect Terrace Viewpoint · 27 mi

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Beaches

Horseneck Beach: 0.9 mi
South Shore Beach: 1.4 mi
East Horseneck Beach: 3.5 mi
Little Beach: 4.8 mi
Peckham Beach: 6.9 mi

Peaks

Nootas Hill: 2.2 mi
Nootas Hill: 2.5 mi
Sherman Hill: 3.3 mi
Simmons Hill: 4.0 mi
Windmill Hill: 5.6 mi

Parks

Horseneck Beach State Reservation: 2.6 mi
CAMARA - "The Ponderosa": 4.2 mi
Weetamoo Woods: 5.7 mi
Adult Softball Field: 6.0 mi
Camp Noquochoke: 6.5 mi

Museums

Horeseneck Point Lifesaving Station: 3.2 mi
Doll Museum: 6.9 mi
Whitehall Museum House: 8.9 mi
Newport Car Museum: 10.3 mi
The Breakers: 10.6 mi

Historic sites

Rhode Island Red Monument: 3.6 mi
9/11 Memorial: 4.5 mi
Barn Foundation: 7.3 mi
Latham Cornell Monument: 8.6 mi
Archibald Gracie Lawence memorial stone: 8.8 mi

Attractions36

Newport Polo: 8.4 mi
Bumber Boats: 9.6 mi
Newport Cliff Walk – Forty Steps: 10.4 mi
International Tennis Hall of Fame: 10.9 mi
Newport Mansions Preservation Society: 11.0 mi

Artworks23

Spinwinder: 10.0 mi
Matthew Perry Monument: 10.9 mi
Channing Truro Statue: 11.0 mi
Rochambeau Statue and Monument: 11.7 mi
Statue of Roger Williams: 12.9 mi

Cliffs20

The Bluff: 8.9 mi
Marys Seat: 10.3 mi
Ferry Cliff: 12.8 mi
Rams Head: 14.0 mi
Usher Rocks: 14.5 mi

Gardens12

Lighthouses4

Springs3

Plum Point Spring: 16.6 mi
Crystal Spring: 18.5 mi
Elizabeth Spring: 20.9 mi

Waterfalls3

The Falls: 17.8 mi
East Greenwich Falls: 21.2 mi
Payne's Pond Falls: 21.5 mi

Rest areas2

Rest Area I-195 (East Bound): 19.2 mi
Rest Area I-195 (West Bound): 19.5 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.6 miles of Brayton Property. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Copicut Hill	N 8°	109 m	15.0 mi
Pocasset Hill	NNW 335°	95 m	11.2 mi
Slate Hill	WNW 285°	87 m	8.9 mi
Cook Hill	NNW 337°	85 m	11.7 mi
Townsend Hill	NNW 339°	77 m	12.4 mi
Townsend Hill	NNW 340°	77 m	12.4 mi
Hammond Hill	W 273°	73 m	18.6 mi
McSparran Hill	W 268°	70 m	18.5 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	06:49	18:20	18:57
June solstice	05:11	19:40	20:22
September equinox	06:32	18:07	18:44
December solstice	07:08	15:34	16:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	31	32	38	47	57	66	72	71	65	55	45	37
Precip in	3.2	2.8	4.6	3.8	3.0	3.4	2.9	3.4	3.4	4.1	3.8	3.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newport State AP, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29868119

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