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Conservation Area

Conservation Area from directly overhead

Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 31 m. Chickatawbut Hill stands 156 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Washburn Meadow Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 13 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
Coordinates42.08452, -70.97443

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Bill Balentine Park: 0.8 mi
  • East Side Improvement Park: 1.4 mi
  • O'Donnell Playground: 1.8 mi
  • George G. Snow Park: 1.9 mi
  • Plymouth St. Playground: 1.9 mi
Peaks
  • Locust Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Rye Hill: 3.5 mi
  • Beech Hill: 3.6 mi
  • Beech Hill: 3.9 mi
  • Roundtop: 4.5 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
  • Ted Drysdale Memorial Bench: 2.0 mi
  • Soldiers and Sailors Memorial: 2.0 mi
  • Brockton War Memorial: 2.6 mi
  • All Wars Memorial Monument: 2.8 mi
  • Peterson Square: 4.1 mi
Gardens
Museums
Attractions
  • South Shore Natural Science Center: 8.6 mi
  • Pembroke Herring Run: 8.9 mi
  • House Rock: 9.1 mi
  • Herring Run: 9.2 mi
  • Pastoral Center: 9.5 mi
Beaches
Cliffs: 38
  • King Philip Rock: 10.7 mi
  • The Shield: 10.7 mi
  • King Philip Cave: 10.9 mi
  • Breakneck Ledge: 11.4 mi
  • S Wall: 11.4 mi
Picnic sites: 25
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Table Area: 6.1 mi
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Area: 6.2 mi
  • Oak Grove: 9.9 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 13.0 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 16.2 mi
Lighthouses: 8
Rest areas: 7
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 10.1 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 10.2 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 13.2 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 16.5 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 17.1 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Rock Falls: 8.1 mi
Springs: 1
  • Pakomet Spring: 9.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chickatawbut HillNNW 335°156 m10.5 mi
Buck HillNNW 330°151 m10.4 mi
Fenno PeakNNW 335°151 m10.4 mi
Nahanton HillNNW 337°145 m10.5 mi
Kitchamakin HillNNW 336°133 m10.5 mi
Tucker HillNNW 327°133 m10.6 mi
Houghton HillNW 325°129 m10.9 mi
Rattlesnake HillW 273°122 m8.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0919:4220:24
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, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29689261

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