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City Mills Pond

City Mills Pond from directly overhead

City Mills Pond is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 48 m. Moose Hill stands 163 m to the east, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Comey"S Pond, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 4.4 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.10832, -71.36050

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • DelCarte Reservation: 1.4 mi
  • Dean Junior College Longley Field: 2.2 mi
  • Dean Junior College Historic District: 2.4 mi
  • Franklin Town Common: 2.5 mi
  • Village Street Conservation Area: 2.7 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Birthplace of Horace Mann: 2.3 mi
  • William Herbert Sweatt Memorial Plaque: 3.3 mi
  • Morseville: 5.5 mi
  • Medfield Veterans Memorial: 6.0 mi
  • Fire Fighters Memorial: 6.0 mi
Museums
Attractions
  • 16: 4.2 mi
  • 13: 4.2 mi
  • 15: 4.2 mi
  • 14: 4.2 mi
  • 1: 4.4 mi
Artworks
  • Tom Brady: 5.0 mi
  • Zullo Gallery: 6.1 mi
  • Statue: 8.5 mi
  • Deborah Sampson: 9.4 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 9.4 mi
Gardens
Beaches: 56
Picnic sites: 39
  • 36: 7.7 mi
  • 35: 7.8 mi
  • 1: 7.8 mi
  • 16-34: 7.8 mi
  • 15: 7.8 mi
Cliffs: 38
  • The Wall: 8.3 mi
  • Condo Rock: 8.5 mi
  • King Philip Cave: 9.3 mi
  • King Philip Rock: 9.4 mi
  • Fatboy Boulder: 14.5 mi
Rest areas: 9
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 8.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 8.2 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 12.4 mi
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 12.4 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 12.8 mi
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 16.6 mi
  • Roger Williams Spring: 19.4 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Cascade Brook Falls: 19.1 mi
  • Rock Falls: 19.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.1 miles of City Mills Pond. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Moose HillE 82°163 m7.6 mi
Beacon Pole HillSSW 210°162 m9.1 mi
Catamint HillSSW 210°152 m8.6 mi
Bald HillSW 228°145 m6.2 mi
Diamond HillSSW 200°144 m8.0 mi
Bear HillWNW 284°141 m7.5 mi
Iron Rock HillSSW 214°140 m8.9 mi
Oak HillSW 222°138 m6.7 mi

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 solstice07:1115:3216:17

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.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29770277

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