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Canton Town Forest

Canton Town Forest from directly overhead

Canton Town Forest is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 14 m. Great Blue Hill stands 193 m to the northeast, 4.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Fowl Meadow Wildlife Sanctuary, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 2.3 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.15991, -71.16707

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Farnham-Connolly State Park: 0.5 mi
  • Paul Revere Heritage Site: 0.9 mi
  • Doherty Field: 1.6 mi
  • Earl Newhouse Waterfront: 1.9 mi
  • Cabot Devoll Field: 2.1 mi
Peaks
Museums
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Deborah Sampson: 2.4 mi
  • TOOTHY!!!: 3.0 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 3.4 mi
  • EARLY HISTORY OF STOUGHTON MURAL: 4.1 mi
  • Welcome to Camp Christina: 4.8 mi
Gardens
  • Formal Garden: 3.5 mi
  • Kitchen Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Martha Jones Butterfly Garden: 4.4 mi
  • Flower Garden: 7.9 mi
  • Lucerne-Balsam Streets Community Garden: 9.7 mi
Beaches
  • Fishermans Beach: 4.2 mi
  • Turner Pond Beach: 5.1 mi
  • South Beach: 6.2 mi
  • North Beach: 6.3 mi
  • Powissett Beach: 6.5 mi
Attractions
  • Path Continues: 4.6 mi
  • King Philip Rock: 5.8 mi
  • Ames Boulder: 6.8 mi
  • Pastoral Center: 7.4 mi
  • 2: 7.7 mi
Cliffs: 53
  • Breakneck Ledge: 5.3 mi
  • King Philip Rock: 5.8 mi
  • King Philip Cave: 6.1 mi
  • The Shield: 8.2 mi
  • R Wall: 8.9 mi
Picnic sites: 40
  • Oak Grove: 6.8 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 10.7 mi
  • Oak Lea: 10.8 mi
  • Pine Knoll: 10.8 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 11.1 mi
Rest areas: 8
  • Westwood Rest Area: 4.0 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 11.9 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 12.6 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 14.5 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 20.0 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 6.1 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 19.3 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 8.9 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 20.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great Blue HillNE 37°193 m4.5 mi
Moose HillSW 224°163 m3.4 mi
Chickatawbut HillNE 51°156 m6.9 mi
Hancock HillNE 42°155 m5.4 mi
Buck HillNE 51°151 m6.0 mi
Fenno PeakNE 52°151 m7.0 mi
Nahanton HillNE 52°145 m7.2 mi
Hemenway HillNE 41°140 m5.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:0919:4220:25
September equinox06:3318:0718:44
December solstice07:1115:3116:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303239506069747265534435
Precip in3.42.83.74.03.33.93.03.63.84.53.74.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norwood MEM AP, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29831274

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