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Conservation Area

Conservation Area from directly overhead

Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 41 m. Chickatawbut Hill stands 156 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Peat Hole Pond Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 14 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Whitman Conservation Commission
Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.08820, -70.95281

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Locust Hill: 0.3 mi
  • Rye Hill: 2.4 mi
  • Beech Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Beech Hill: 2.7 mi
  • Roundtop: 3.4 mi
Parks
  • Bill Balentine Park: 0.7 mi
  • Sledding hill: 1.0 mi
  • Town Park: 1.0 mi
  • Murphy Field: 1.2 mi
  • Bear Meadow: 1.7 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
  • Ted Drysdale Memorial Bench: 1.0 mi
  • Soldiers and Sailors Memorial: 1.0 mi
  • All Wars Memorial Monument: 2.2 mi
  • Brockton War Memorial: 3.7 mi
  • Lt Elmer Hollis Memorial: 4.1 mi
Gardens
Museums
Attractions
  • South Shore Natural Science Center: 7.6 mi
  • Pembroke Herring Run: 7.9 mi
  • Herring Run: 8.7 mi
  • House Rock: 8.7 mi
  • Pastoral Center: 9.7 mi
Beaches
Cliffs: 38
  • The Shield: 10.9 mi
  • S Wall: 11.5 mi
  • R Wall: 11.6 mi
  • Q Wall: 11.6 mi
  • N Wall: 11.6 mi
Picnic sites: 25
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Table Area: 5.8 mi
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Area: 5.8 mi
  • Oak Grove: 11.0 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 13.0 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 16.4 mi
Lighthouses: 8
Rest areas: 7
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 9.0 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 9.0 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 13.8 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 17.6 mi
  • Massachusetts Tourist Information Center: 18.3 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Rock Falls: 8.1 mi
Springs: 1
  • Pakomet Spring: 10.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.0 miles of Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chickatawbut HillNNW 329°156 m10.8 mi
Fenno PeakNNW 329°151 m10.7 mi
Buck HillNW 324°151 m10.7 mi
Nahanton HillNNW 331°145 m10.8 mi
Kitchamakin HillNNW 330°133 m10.7 mi
Tucker HillNW 322°133 m11.0 mi
Rattlesnake HillW 271°122 m9.7 mi
Hawk HillNNW 327°120 m10.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0919:4120:24
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:1015:3116:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303138495968747265544435
Precip in4.03.65.24.53.44.13.23.64.15.04.45.1

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29691209

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