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Cold Spring Brook Sanctuary

Cold Spring Brook Sanctuary from directly overhead

Cold Spring Brook Sanctuary is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 44 m. Snow Hill stands 137 m to the south, 5.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Sprague Field, a park 0.3 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 7.6 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.30559, -71.30012

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Sprague Field: 0.3 mi
  • Post Office Square: 0.7 mi
  • Kelly Memorial Park: 0.7 mi
  • Kelly Memorial Field: 0.7 mi
  • Hunnewell Park: 0.7 mi
Attractions
  • Fairy Rock: 0.7 mi
  • Boston Marathon - Wellesley Scream Tunnel: 0.8 mi
  • Elephant Rock: 0.8 mi
  • Martini Junction: 3.5 mi
  • Foundation & Chimney: 3.7 mi
Nature reserves
Museums
Peaks
Beaches
  • Morses Pond Beach: 1.1 mi
  • Memorial Beach: 3.9 mi
  • Crystal Lake Beach: 5.2 mi
  • Shapiro Beach: 5.6 mi
  • Powissett Beach: 5.7 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Gardens
  • Wildflower Patch: 2.0 mi
  • Rhododendron Garden: 2.0 mi
  • Teaching Herb Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Native Plant and Historic Daffodil Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Wildflower Patch: 2.1 mi
Picnic sites: 43
  • Picnic Site 9: 5.8 mi
  • Picnic Site 10: 5.8 mi
  • Picnic Site 11: 5.8 mi
  • Picnic Site 8: 5.9 mi
  • Picnic Site 12: 5.9 mi
Cliffs: 43
  • Lunch Wall: 6.3 mi
  • Pusherman Wall: 6.4 mi
  • Temple Overhangs: 6.5 mi
  • The Alcove: 6.6 mi
  • Upper Cliff: 6.6 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Rest areas: 4
  • Westwood Rest Area: 9.5 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 12.1 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 20.5 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 21.0 mi
Springs: 3
  • Quarry Spring: 13.4 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 13.7 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 19.8 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cascade Falls: 15.0 mi
  • Rock Falls: 16.9 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 22.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.4 miles of Cold Spring Brook Sanctuary. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Snow HillS 174°137 m5.7 mi
Prospect HillNNE 22°135 m6.2 mi
Cedar HillS 169°134 m6.4 mi
Little ProspectNNE 23°133 m5.9 mi
Pegan HillS 183°125 m3.8 mi
Reeves HillNW 317°122 m3.8 mi
Brush HillSW 229°121 m5.7 mi
Strawberry HillSSE 155°114 m5.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:0919:4320:26
September equinox06:3318:0718:44
December solstice07:1215:3116:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262836475766727062514132
Precip in3.43.13.94.13.84.13.93.84.24.83.74.4

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29838526

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