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Bridgewater Correctional Complex

Bridgewater Correctional Complex from directly overhead

Bridgewater Correctional Complex is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 15 m. Rattlesnake Hill stands 122 m to the northwest, 12 miles off. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 18 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
2005-07-24
Visiting

What to expect

Access
restricted
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.96806, -70.96748

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Rainbow's End Playground and Park: 0.5 mi
  • Flagg Street Soccer Field: 0.5 mi
  • Legion Field: 1.2 mi
  • Central Square Park (Town Common): 1.5 mi
  • Scotland Little League Field: 2.1 mi
Artworks
  • Pratt Memorial Statue: 2.5 mi
  • Myles Standish Legs: 7.1 mi
  • The Bell: 8.1 mi
  • Cupid's Kiss Statue: 8.2 mi
  • Oliver Ames: 9.9 mi
Historic sites
  • Milo monument: 2.5 mi
  • West Bridgewater Civil War Monument: 4.1 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial: 5.7 mi
  • Anchor Monument: 6.1 mi
  • Plymouth County Hospital: 7.2 mi
Peaks
  • Spragues Hill: 2.6 mi
  • Holmes Knoll: 3.1 mi
  • White Oak Island: 3.5 mi
  • Nemasket Hill: 5.6 mi
  • Betty Hill: 6.5 mi
Museums
Beaches
Attractions
  • Old Shed: 8.2 mi
  • Old Shed: 8.2 mi
  • National Sailors Home Water Tower: 9.1 mi
  • Path Continues: 9.3 mi
  • To L.A. Foster Wildlife Refuge: 10.5 mi
Gardens
Cliffs: 42
Picnic sites: 28
Rest areas: 11
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 14.1 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 14.1 mi
  • Massachusetts Tourist Information Center: 15.9 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 16.3 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 16.7 mi
Springs: 3
  • Pakomet Spring: 17.4 mi
  • Crystal Spring: 20.8 mi
  • Roger Williams Spring: 24.7 mi
Lighthouses: 2
Waterfalls: 1
  • Rock Falls: 16.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.8 miles of Bridgewater Correctional Complex. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rattlesnake HillNW 313°122 m12.4 mi
Foolish HillWNW 294°104 m14.8 mi
Barefoot HillWNW 303°95 m14.5 mi
Cow HillNW 306°92 m13.7 mi
Monks HillE 92°83 m12.6 mi
Great Meadow HillWSW 245°78 m14.2 mi
Turkey HillN 355°75 m13.4 mi
Puddin HillNNW 342°73 m14.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0919:4120:24
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:0915:3116:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272936465665716962524234
Precip in4.23.45.24.83.84.14.22.74.35.04.64.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bridgewater, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29697559

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