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Brooks-Tilden Shipyard

Brooks-Tilden Shipyard from directly overhead

Brooks-Tilden Shipyard is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. Carolina Hill stands 77 m to the southeast, 3.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Union Street Woodland, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 20 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.15470, -70.77686

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
Historic sites
Peaks
  • Buttonwood Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Walnut Tree Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Marshfield Hills: 1.8 mi
  • Paradise Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Turner Hill: 2.1 mi
Museums
Attractions
  • Mann Farmhouse: 3.2 mi
  • South Shore Natural Science Center: 3.4 mi
  • Pembroke Herring Run: 5.6 mi
  • Herring Run: 8.7 mi
  • South Shore Model Railroad Club: 9.0 mi
Artworks
Beaches
Gardens
Cliffs: 41
Lighthouses: 8
Picnic sites: 7
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Area: 8.9 mi
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Table Area: 9.0 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 14.5 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 19.0 mi
  • Oak Lea: 19.1 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 2.5 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 2.6 mi
  • Massachusetts Tourist Information Center: 16.2 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 20.0 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 20.7 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Rock Falls: 12.0 mi
Springs: 1
  • Pakomet Spring: 15.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.3 miles of Brooks-Tilden Shipyard. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Carolina HillSE 130°77 m3.2 mi
Prospect HillWNW 303°72 m4.9 mi
Judges HillNW 318°71 m3.4 mi
Mount BlueNW 311°66 m3.4 mi
Black Pond HillNW 321°64 m2.3 mi
Telegraph HillESE 123°61 m4.9 mi
Marshfield HillsSSE 146°58 m1.8 mi
Paradise HillWNW 286°58 m1.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4718:1818:55
June solstice05:0819:4120:23
September equinox06:3118:0518:42
December solstice07:0915:3016:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303238485867737265544435
Precip in4.54.05.44.63.84.03.63.83.95.24.45.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hingham, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29689607

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