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Charles River Natural Valley Storage Area - Great Black Swamp

Charles River Natural Valley Storage Area - Great Black Swamp from directly overhead

Charles River Natural Valley Storage Area - Great Black Swamp is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 41 m. Bear Hill stands 141 m to the west-southwest, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Charles River Natural Valley Storage Area, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 7.4 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1980-09-16
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.17510, -71.37463

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Oak Grove Farm: 0.6 mi
  • Richardson's Pond Picnic area: 0.6 mi
  • Parking Area - Richardson's Pond: 0.6 mi
  • Oak Grove Farm: 0.6 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial Park: 0.8 mi
Peaks
Museums
  • Niagara Hall: 0.9 mi
  • Dwight-Derby House Museum: 3.5 mi
  • Medfield Historical Society Museum: 3.7 mi
  • Kingsbury Grist Mill: 3.8 mi
  • Lowell Mason Museum and Music Center: 3.8 mi
Attractions
  • 16: 2.5 mi
  • 15: 2.5 mi
  • 14: 2.6 mi
  • 13: 2.7 mi
  • 1: 3.1 mi
Historic sites
  • Old Foundation: 3.2 mi
  • Medfield Veterans Memorial: 3.5 mi
  • NEMBA Plaque: 6.5 mi
  • Fire Fighters Memorial: 6.6 mi
  • Birthplace of Horace Mann: 6.6 mi
Artworks
  • Zullo Gallery: 3.7 mi
  • Statue: 7.9 mi
  • Tom Brady: 8.0 mi
  • Hoyt Statue: 8.2 mi
  • George V. Brown Memorial: 8.2 mi
Gardens
  • Martha Jones Butterfly Garden: 7.4 mi
  • Community gardens of John J. Lane Park: 7.7 mi
  • Bressingham Garden: 7.7 mi
  • Olmstead Italianate Garden: 7.8 mi
  • Weezie's Garden for Children: 7.8 mi
Beaches: 59
Cliffs: 45
  • The Wall: 6.3 mi
  • Condo Rock: 6.5 mi
  • King Philip Rock: 11.9 mi
  • King Philip Cave: 12.0 mi
  • Falling Rock Ridge: 12.4 mi
Picnic sites: 39
  • 36: 12.4 mi
  • 35: 12.4 mi
  • 1: 12.4 mi
  • 16-34: 12.4 mi
  • 15: 12.5 mi
Rest areas: 7
  • Westwood Rest Area: 11.5 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 12.4 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 12.7 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 16.6 mi
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 16.6 mi
Springs: 3
  • Pakomet Spring: 15.9 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 22.7 mi
  • Roger Williams Spring: 23.9 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Rock Falls: 19.1 mi
  • Cascade Brook Falls: 22.7 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 24.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.2 miles of Charles River Natural Valley Storage Area - Great Black Swamp. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bear HillWSW 247°141 m7.1 mi
Snow HillNE 52°137 m5.6 mi
Rocky Woods RangeW 266°137 m6.6 mi
Cedar HillENE 61°134 m5.7 mi
Bald HillNW 308°132 m4.4 mi
Miller HillWNW 288°129 m4.4 mi
Connelly HillWNW 286°127 m6.6 mi
Pegan HillNE 34°125 m6.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:1019:4320:26
September equinox06:3318:0818:45
December solstice07:1215:3216:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485867737164524233
Precip in4.13.34.64.83.94.53.53.94.25.13.84.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — West Medway, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/922799572

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