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Bridge Island Meadows

Bridge Island Meadows from directly overhead

Bridge Island Meadows is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 35 m. Snow Hill stands 137 m to the northeast, 3.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Bogastow Brook Conservation Restriction, a nature reserve 1.0 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 6.9 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1974-11-25
Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.19376, -71.34768

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • McCarthy Park: 1.2 mi
  • Oak Grove Farm: 1.3 mi
  • Oak Grove Farm: 1.3 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial Park: 1.7 mi
  • Richardson's Pond Picnic area: 1.9 mi
Peaks
Museums
Historic sites
  • Medfield Veterans Memorial: 2.1 mi
  • Old Foundation: 4.8 mi
  • Fire Fighters Memorial: 5.9 mi
  • Ordway Brothers Square: 6.0 mi
  • Historic and Cultural Resources: 6.0 mi
Attractions
  • 16: 2.2 mi
  • 15: 2.3 mi
  • 14: 2.4 mi
  • 13: 2.4 mi
  • 1: 2.6 mi
Artworks
Beaches
Gardens
  • Martha Jones Butterfly Garden: 5.8 mi
  • Bressingham Garden: 6.0 mi
  • Olmstead Italianate Garden: 6.0 mi
  • Weezie's Garden for Children: 6.0 mi
  • Shade Garden: 6.0 mi
Cliffs: 47
  • The Wall: 7.8 mi
  • Condo Rock: 8.0 mi
  • King Philip Rock: 11.7 mi
  • Falling Rock Ridge: 11.7 mi
  • King Philip Cave: 11.8 mi
Picnic sites: 39
  • Oak Grove: 13.1 mi
  • 36: 13.4 mi
  • 35: 13.4 mi
  • 1: 13.4 mi
  • 16-34: 13.4 mi
Rest areas: 7
  • Westwood Rest Area: 9.8 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 13.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 13.6 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 18.1 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 18.2 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Rock Falls: 17.7 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 22.2 mi
  • Cascade Brook Falls: 24.5 mi
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 14.4 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 20.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.8 miles of Bridge Island Meadows. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Snow HillNE 55°137 m3.7 mi
Cedar HillENE 68°134 m3.9 mi
Bald HillWNW 286°132 m5.1 mi
Miller HillW 271°129 m5.6 mi
Connelly HillW 274°127 m7.7 mi
Pegan HillNNE 29°125 m4.5 mi
Broad HillWNW 294°124 m6.1 mi
Brush HillNNW 335°121 m4.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:1019:4320:26
September equinox06:3318:0818:45
December solstice07:1115:3216:17

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, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Common Garter Snake23 obs
  • pink lady's slipper19 obs
  • Common Watersnake16 obs
  • Blue Dasher16 obs
  • American Toad16 obs
  • Painted Turtle15 obs
  • eastern white pine14 obs
  • alder buckthorn14 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/29819500

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