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Crouse Sisters

Crouse Sisters from directly overhead

Crouse Sisters is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 74 m. Great Blue Hill stands 193 m to the east, 6.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Blue Hill Girl Scout Land, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 2.2 miles off.

What the record says

Built
1975

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.21871, -71.23621

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Westwood Veterans' Park: 0.6 mi
  • Buckmaster Pond Park: 0.8 mi
  • Buckmaster Pond: 0.8 mi
  • Pheasant Hill Park: 0.9 mi
  • Deerfield School Park: 1.0 mi
Beaches
  • South Beach: 1.0 mi
  • North Beach: 1.2 mi
  • Powissett Beach: 1.2 mi
  • Shapiro Beach: 1.2 mi
  • Turner Pond Beach: 4.9 mi
Gardens
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Foundation & Chimney: 3.1 mi
  • Martini Junction: 3.7 mi
  • 2: 5.6 mi
  • 1: 5.6 mi
  • 13: 5.9 mi
Museums
Artworks
Cliffs: 51
  • Breakneck Ledge: 6.9 mi
  • The Alcove: 7.9 mi
  • Upper Cliff: 7.9 mi
  • Lower Cliff: 8.0 mi
  • Pusherman Wall: 8.0 mi
Picnic sites: 40
  • Nature's Pavilion: 9.5 mi
  • Oak Lea: 9.6 mi
  • Pine Knoll: 9.6 mi
  • Picnic Site 9: 11.4 mi
  • Picnic Site 10: 11.4 mi
Rest areas: 8
  • Westwood Rest Area: 4.0 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 12.7 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 14.6 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 15.2 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 22.0 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 8.7 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 16.4 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 12.0 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 17.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.0 miles of Crouse Sisters. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great Blue HillE 94°193 m6.3 mi
Moose HillS 170°163 m6.6 mi
Snow HillW 278°137 m2.7 mi
Cedar HillW 262°134 m2.1 mi
Wolcott HillE 92°132 m6.6 mi
Pegan HillWNW 303°125 m4.1 mi
Strawberry HillNW 320°114 m1.5 mi
Powissett PeakNW 308°112 m1.2 mi

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 solstice07:1115:3116:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303239506069747265534435
Precip in3.42.83.74.03.33.93.03.63.84.53.74.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norwood MEM AP, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29837488

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