Nature reserve · Massachusetts
Camp Tom Welch
Camp Tom Welch is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 17 m. Copicut Hill stands 109 m to the south, 6.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Hospital Hill, a peak 0.9 miles away. Route 114 and High Street passes 12 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- restricted
How to reach it
Coordinates41.81637, -71.08149
- 11.9 mi off the Route 114 and High Street
- 11.8 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 14.7 mi off the Veteran's Memorial Parkway
- 18.5 mi off the Great and Breakneck Hill Roads
Overlooks nearby
- Gaspee Point Overlook · 16 mi
- Prospect Terrace Viewpoint · 17 mi
- Lookout Point · 17 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Hospital Hill: 0.9 mi
- Bryant Hill: 1.0 mi
- Profile Rock: 2.0 mi
- Breakneck Hill: 2.3 mi
- Jacobs Mountain: 2.5 mi
Parks
- Dighton Rock State Park: 1.3 mi
- Hathaway Park: 1.6 mi
- Freetown Common: 1.7 mi
- Berkley Park: 1.8 mi
- Lane Field: 1.9 mi
Nature reserves
- Broad Cove Marsh: 2.8 mi
- Broad Cove: 3.1 mi
- Kenswood Estate: 3.3 mi
- Conservation Land: 3.5 mi
- Mallard Point: 3.6 mi
Beaches
- Pierce Beach: 4.5 mi
- Brayton Point Beach: 9.0 mi
- Swansea Town Beach: 9.5 mi
- Juniper Trail Beach: 11.7 mi
- Warren Town Beach: 12.3 mi
Historic sites
- Helicopter Memorial: 5.0 mi
- Arthur Cleveland Bent Memorial Cabin: 5.0 mi
- Anchor Monument: 6.8 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 7.2 mi
- Portas Da Cidade: 9.0 mi
Museums
- Old Colony History Museum: 5.9 mi
- Children’s Museum of Greater Fall River: 8.4 mi
- Carpenter Museum: 8.9 mi
- Martin House and Farm: 9.9 mi
- Middleboro Historical Museum: 10.4 mi
Artworks
- Commonwealth Park "Green Monstah" Mural: 7.8 mi
- Pratt Memorial Statue: 9.6 mi
- Rachel Carson Ecological Pier: 11.0 mi
- John Muir Ecological Pier: 11.0 mi
- Aldo Leopold Ecological Pier: 11.1 mi
Attractions: 55
- National Sailors Home Water Tower: 6.8 mi
- USS Massachusetts: 8.7 mi
- USS Hiddensee: 8.7 mi
- USS Lionfish: 8.7 mi
- USS Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.: 8.7 mi
Gardens: 26
- Fragrance Gardens: 5.0 mi
- Woodcart Garden: 12.2 mi
- Big A Hedge: 13.6 mi
- Attleboro Rose Garden: 13.9 mi
- Nature's Play Area: 13.9 mi
Cliffs: 20
- King Phillips Lookout: 7.1 mi
- White Banks: 9.5 mi
- Tree Point Rocks: 12.7 mi
- Ferry Cliff: 14.8 mi
- Usher Rocks: 15.3 mi
Picnic sites: 20
- 6: 17.3 mi
- 8: 17.3 mi
- 7: 17.3 mi
- 4: 17.3 mi
- 11: 17.3 mi
Rest areas: 9
- Rest Area I-195 (East Bound): 8.8 mi
- Rest Area I-195 (West Bound): 8.8 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 16.7 mi
- Interstate 95 Rest Area: 16.8 mi
- Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 20.5 mi
Springs: 3
- Crystal Spring: 15.7 mi
- Roger Williams Spring: 17.0 mi
- Elizabeth Spring: 22.6 mi
Waterfalls: 2
- East Greenwich Falls: 22.6 mi
- Payne's Pond Falls: 22.6 mi
Lighthouses: 1
- Clark's Point Light: 18.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.2 miles of Camp Tom Welch. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copicut Hill | S 170° | 109 m | 6.6 mi |
| Pocasset Hill | SSW 207° | 95 m | 12.7 mi |
| Cook Hill | SSW 207° | 85 m | 12.0 mi |
| Great Meadow Hill | WNW 302° | 78 m | 8.2 mi |
| Townsend Hill | SSW 208° | 77 m | 11.1 mi |
| Townsend Hill | SSW 208° | 77 m | 11.2 mi |
| Ides Hill | NW 304° | 77 m | 14.2 mi |
| Great Rock | WNW 285° | 71 m | 11.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:10 | 19:41 | 20:23 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:07 | 18:43 |
| December solstice | 07:09 | 15:32 | 16:17 |
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 | 29 | 31 | 38 | 48 | 58 | 67 | 72 | 71 | 63 | 52 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.0 | 5.2 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Taunton Muni AP, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29859017
Day trips start here
- Freetown · 4 mi
- Somerset · 4 mi
- Taunton · 6 mi
- Swansea · 7 mi
- Fall River · 9 mi
- Middleborough · 11 mi
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