Nature reserve · Massachusetts
Briggs Road Parcel
Briggs Road Parcel is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 56 m. Copicut Hill stands 109 m to the north-northeast, 5.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Morency & Thomas Parcel, a nature reserve 0.9 miles away. Route 114 and High Street passes 8.6 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
Coordinates41.65099, -71.09571
- 8.6 mi off the Route 114 and High Street
- 8.2 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 11.9 mi off the Paradise Ave and Other Roads
- 17.0 mi off the Veteran's Memorial Parkway
Overlooks nearby
- Gaspee Point Overlook · 16 mi
- Prospect Terrace Viewpoint · 20 mi
- Lookout Point · 27 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Morency & Thomas Parcel: 0.9 mi
- Seafarers Parcel: 1.2 mi
- Jiggs Street Parcel: 1.3 mi
- Washington Street Parcel: 1.4 mi
- Highland Avenue Parcel: 1.5 mi
Parks
- Edgemore Park: 1.7 mi
- Quequechan Rail Trail: 2.6 mi
- Peanut Park: 2.6 mi
- Dumont Field: 2.7 mi
- Head Of Westport Landing: 2.8 mi
Peaks
- Yellow Hill: 2.1 mi
- Nannaquaket Hill: 4.6 mi
- Ridge Hill: 4.7 mi
- Cook Hill: 4.8 mi
- Townsend Hill: 4.8 mi
Attractions: 60
- Bumber Boats: 2.8 mi
- Old Colony & Fall River Railroad Museum: 5.1 mi
- USS Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.: 5.1 mi
- Battleship Cove: 5.1 mi
- USS Hiddensee: 5.1 mi
Historic sites
- Latham Cornell Monument: 3.6 mi
- Portas Da Cidade: 5.0 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 5.6 mi
- Rhode Island Red Monument: 6.9 mi
- Sun Dial: 7.6 mi
Artworks: 60
- Spinwinder: 4.8 mi
- Commonwealth Park "Green Monstah" Mural: 5.6 mi
- John Muir Ecological Pier: 8.1 mi
- Marjorie Stoneman Douglas Ecological Pier: 8.1 mi
- Rachel Carson Ecological Pier: 8.2 mi
Museums
- Children’s Museum of Greater Fall River: 5.0 mi
- Doll Museum: 7.1 mi
- Pokanoket Tribal lands: 7.5 mi
- New Bedford Art Museum: 8.8 mi
- New Bedford Fire Museum: 8.9 mi
Beaches
- Brayton Point Beach: 6.2 mi
- Grinnell's Beach: 6.3 mi
- Teddy Beach: 6.6 mi
- Grimmells Beach: 7.2 mi
- Island Park Beach: 7.5 mi
Cliffs: 26
- Ferry Cliff: 8.4 mi
- Usher Rocks: 10.1 mi
- Tree Point Rocks: 11.2 mi
- The Bluff: 14.6 mi
- King Phillips Lookout: 14.8 mi
Gardens: 25
- Woodcart Garden: 3.1 mi
- Helfand Farm Community Gardens: 5.4 mi
- Rotch- Jones-Duff House & Garden Museum: 8.8 mi
- Ecological Oasis: 10.6 mi
- Burchard Triangle: 11.0 mi
Lighthouses: 4
- Clark's Point Light: 10.8 mi
- Beavertail Light: 21.0 mi
- 1755 Lighthouse Foundation: 21.0 mi
- Nobska Point Light: 24.6 mi
Springs: 4
- Crystal Spring: 13.7 mi
- Plum Point Spring: 18.6 mi
- Elizabeth Spring: 18.6 mi
- Roger Williams Spring: 20.4 mi
Waterfalls: 3
- East Greenwich Falls: 18.8 mi
- Payne's Pond Falls: 19.0 mi
- The Falls: 20.2 mi
Picnic sites: 3
- Big Beach: 23.6 mi
- Little Beach: 23.7 mi
- Site #36: 24.9 mi
Rest areas: 2
- Rest Area I-195 (East Bound): 10.7 mi
- Rest Area I-195 (West Bound): 11.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.8 miles of Briggs Road Parcel. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copicut Hill | NNE 21° | 109 m | 5.2 mi |
| Pocasset Hill | W 271° | 95 m | 5.0 mi |
| Slate Hill | SW 229° | 87 m | 11.7 mi |
| Cook Hill | W 279° | 85 m | 4.8 mi |
| Townsend Hill | WNW 290° | 77 m | 4.8 mi |
| Townsend Hill | WNW 289° | 77 m | 4.8 mi |
| Turkey Hill | WSW 246° | 69 m | 9.4 mi |
| Yellow Hill | NE 37° | 64 m | 2.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:11 | 19:41 | 20:23 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:07 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 07:09 | 15:33 | 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 | 33 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 69 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 55 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 3.8 | 5.6 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tiverton, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29862845
Day trips start here
- Westport · 3 mi
- Fall River · 5 mi
- Tiverton · 6 mi
- Dartmouth · 7 mi
- New Bedford · 8 mi
- Somerset · 8 mi
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