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Caratunk Wildlife Refuge

Caratunk Wildlife Refuge from directly overhead

Caratunk Wildlife Refuge is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 44 m. Beacon Pole Hill stands 162 m to the northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Read Woods, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 3.4 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.87387, -71.31138

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Slater Park: 1.7 mi
  • Doreen Tomlinson Feild: 1.9 mi
  • Hebronville Park: 2.2 mi
  • George Patrick Duffy Athletic Complex: 2.2 mi
  • Poncin Hewitt Fields: 2.6 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Artworks
  • The Hummingbird Palace: 4.4 mi
  • Lloyd G. Balfour Riverwalk Scupture: 5.1 mi
  • "Inspire Thru Art" Mural: 5.1 mi
  • "Arts for Everyone" Mural: 5.1 mi
  • "HA HA HA" Sculpture: 5.1 mi
Attractions: 56
  • Hunt House Root Cellar: 3.7 mi
  • Hunts Mill Pump House: 3.7 mi
  • Slater Mill: 3.7 mi
  • Path Continues: 5.0 mi
  • Deborah's Garden: 5.1 mi
Beaches: 39
Gardens: 26
Picnic sites: 22
  • Site #36: 6.9 mi
  • 4: 8.6 mi
  • 6: 8.6 mi
  • 3: 8.6 mi
  • 5: 8.6 mi
Cliffs: 19
  • Summit Wall: 6.4 mi
  • Tomato Boulder: 6.5 mi
  • Jade Boulder: 6.5 mi
  • Iron Cross Boulder: 6.5 mi
  • Mack's Traverse: 6.5 mi
Rest areas: 7
  • Rest Area I-195 (West Bound): 8.2 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 8.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 8.3 mi
  • Rest Area I-195 (East Bound): 8.5 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 8.9 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Springs: 3
  • Roger Williams Spring: 5.9 mi
  • Elizabeth Spring: 17.3 mi
  • Plum Point Spring: 24.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.5 miles of Caratunk Wildlife Refuge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Beacon Pole HillNW 320°162 m11.0 mi
Rocky HillWNW 291°155 m10.9 mi
Catamint HillNW 322°152 m11.2 mi
Diamond HillNNW 329°144 m10.2 mi
Wolf HillW 275°144 m11.3 mi
Sayles HillWNW 301°143 m11.5 mi
Copper Mine HillNW 318°137 m10.3 mi
Tracy HillW 265°131 m10.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:57
June solstice05:1119:4220:25
September equinox06:3318:0818:44
December solstice07:1015:3316:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273036475867737164524233
Precip in4.23.65.14.43.34.53.23.64.24.84.34.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NWS Boston/norton, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29742429

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