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Cocasset Brook Greenbelt

Cocasset Brook Greenbelt from directly overhead

Cocasset Brook Greenbelt is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 89 m. Moose Hill stands 163 m to the north-northeast, 4.4 miles off. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 1.2 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.07060, -71.26058

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Foxborough Common: 0.7 mi
  • Cocasset River Park: 1.7 mi
  • Cocasset River Park: 1.9 mi
  • Cocasset River Park: 2.0 mi
  • Cocasset River Park: 2.0 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
Artworks
  • Tom Brady: 1.5 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 5.2 mi
  • Deborah Sampson: 5.7 mi
  • Oliver Ames: 8.0 mi
  • TOOTHY!!!: 8.2 mi
Museums
Attractions
  • King Philip Rock: 4.0 mi
  • Ames Boulder: 5.1 mi
  • 2: 7.0 mi
  • 1: 7.0 mi
  • 13: 7.2 mi
Gardens
Beaches: 58
  • Sweatt Beach: 4.9 mi
  • Turner Pond Beach: 5.6 mi
  • Whiting's Pond Beach: 6.5 mi
  • Barbara Road Beach: 7.8 mi
  • Chilson Beach: 8.1 mi
Cliffs: 42
  • King Philip Cave: 3.8 mi
  • King Philip Rock: 4.0 mi
  • Breakneck Ledge: 13.1 mi
  • The Wall: 14.0 mi
  • Condo Rock: 14.3 mi
Picnic sites: 39
  • Oak Grove: 5.0 mi
  • 35: 5.5 mi
  • 36: 5.5 mi
  • 16-34: 5.6 mi
  • 15: 5.6 mi
Rest areas: 11
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 4.3 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 5.0 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 11.4 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 13.1 mi
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 13.1 mi
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 13.8 mi
  • Roger Williams Spring: 18.3 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 16.0 mi
  • Cascade Brook Falls: 20.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.9 miles of Cocasset Brook Greenbelt. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Moose HillNNE 33°163 m4.4 mi
Catamint HillWSW 243°152 m10.6 mi
Bald HillW 261°145 m9.9 mi
Diamond HillWSW 238°144 m9.3 mi
Bluff HillNE 38°138 m3.7 mi
Oak HillWSW 256°138 m9.9 mi
Bucks HillWSW 251°137 m7.8 mi
Snow HillN 352°137 m10.7 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, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29862712

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