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Conservation Land

Conservation Land from directly overhead

Conservation Land is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 97 m. Magomiscock Hill stands 171 m to the northwest, 9.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Forest, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 4.9 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.07464, -71.39055

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Fletcher Field: 0.4 mi
  • Theron Metcalf Field: 0.5 mi
  • Dean Junior College Historic District: 0.8 mi
  • Franklin Town Common: 1.1 mi
  • King Street Memorial Park: 1.4 mi
Historic sites
  • Birthplace of Horace Mann: 0.5 mi
  • William Herbert Sweatt Memorial Plaque: 3.2 mi
  • Anthony J. Rezza Memorial Sitting Area Plaque: 6.3 mi
  • The George E. Kissick Memorial Recreation Center Plaque: 6.4 mi
  • Sunrise Hill Memorial Park: 6.5 mi
Museums
Peaks
Attractions
  • Cumberlandite: 5.9 mi
  • 16: 7.0 mi
  • 15: 7.0 mi
  • 13: 7.0 mi
  • 14: 7.0 mi
Gardens
Artworks
Beaches: 48
  • Chilson Beach: 1.5 mi
  • Sweatt Beach: 1.8 mi
  • Whiting's Pond Beach: 6.2 mi
  • Barbara Road Beach: 8.0 mi
  • Stoddard Park: 8.0 mi
Picnic sites: 39
  • 36: 6.4 mi
  • 1: 6.4 mi
  • 35: 6.4 mi
  • 16-34: 6.4 mi
  • 15: 6.5 mi
Cliffs: 32
  • The Wall: 8.7 mi
  • Condo Rock: 8.9 mi
  • King Philip Cave: 10.5 mi
  • King Philip Rock: 10.7 mi
  • Fatboy Boulder: 11.9 mi
Rest areas: 8
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 7.2 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 7.3 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 9.7 mi
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 9.7 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 15.5 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cascade Brook Falls: 16.3 mi
  • Rock Falls: 21.7 mi
  • Ponogansett Falls: 24.4 mi
Springs: 2
  • Roger Williams Spring: 16.9 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 19.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.7 miles of Conservation Land. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Magomiscock HillNW 305°171 m9.7 mi
Beacon Pole HillSSW 209°162 m6.3 mi
Chestnut HillW 266°162 m9.4 mi
Inman HillW 270°154 m8.1 mi
Catamint HillSSW 209°152 m5.8 mi
Bald HillWSW 239°145 m3.6 mi
Diamond HillSSW 193°144 m5.3 mi
Bear HillNW 306°141 m7.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:1119:4320:26
September equinox06:3418:0818:45
December solstice07:1115:3216:18

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, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29776952

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