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Cedar Hill/Cedar Swamp

Cedar Hill/Cedar Swamp from directly overhead

Cedar Hill/Cedar Swamp is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 56 m. Moose Hill stands 163 m to the east-northeast, 2.4 miles off. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 0.3 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

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Getting there

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Coordinates42.11649, -71.25845

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Museums
  • The Patriots Hall of Fame: 1.7 mi
  • Sharon Historical Society: 4.2 mi
  • Morse House: 4.6 mi
  • Kingsbury Grist Mill: 4.6 mi
  • Medfield Historical Society Museum: 5.4 mi
Peaks
Artworks
  • Tom Brady: 1.7 mi
  • Deborah Sampson: 4.2 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 4.2 mi
  • Zullo Gallery: 5.4 mi
  • TOOTHY!!!: 7.0 mi
Historic sites
  • Fire Fighters Memorial: 1.9 mi
  • Old Chimney: 2.0 mi
  • Ruined Vehicle: 2.0 mi
  • Ruined Vehicle: 2.0 mi
  • Historic and Cultural Resources: 2.1 mi
Parks
  • Blackburn Common: 2.0 mi
  • Memorial Pond Park Area: 2.1 mi
  • Blackburn Memorial Park: 2.1 mi
  • Spring Brook Park: 2.1 mi
  • Moose Hill Wildlife Sanctuary: 2.6 mi
Beaches
  • Turner Pond Beach: 2.5 mi
  • Sweatt Beach: 6.0 mi
  • South Beach: 8.1 mi
  • Shapiro Beach: 8.1 mi
  • Powissett Beach: 8.2 mi
Attractions
  • 2: 4.4 mi
  • 1: 4.4 mi
  • 13: 4.7 mi
  • King Philip Rock: 4.7 mi
  • 14: 4.7 mi
Gardens
Cliffs: 43
  • King Philip Rock: 4.7 mi
  • King Philip Cave: 4.8 mi
  • Breakneck Ledge: 10.7 mi
  • The Wall: 12.8 mi
  • Condo Rock: 13.1 mi
Picnic sites: 39
  • Oak Grove: 6.1 mi
  • 36: 8.5 mi
  • 35: 8.5 mi
  • 16-34: 8.5 mi
  • 15: 8.5 mi
Rest areas: 11
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 7.5 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 8.1 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 8.7 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 15.5 mi
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 15.5 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 3
  • Pakomet Spring: 11.7 mi
  • Roger Williams Spring: 21.2 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 23.4 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Rock Falls: 14.3 mi
  • Cascade Brook Falls: 22.8 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 24.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.7 miles of Cedar Hill/Cedar Swamp. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Moose HillENE 77°163 m2.4 mi
Bluff HillE 96°138 m2.2 mi
Snow HillNNW 348°137 m7.6 mi
Bucks HillSW 232°137 m9.4 mi
Cedar HillN 352°134 m6.8 mi
High RockSSW 201°127 m4.0 mi
Pinnacle HillSW 217°126 m5.1 mi
Pegan HillNNW 346°125 m9.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:1019:4320:25
September equinox06:3318:0718:44
December solstice07:1115:3216:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038495968737264534334
Precip in3.93.44.84.43.64.23.64.03.75.04.15.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Walpole 2, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29838116

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