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D. Forbes Estate

D. Forbes Estate from directly overhead

D. Forbes Estate is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 47 m. Great Blue Hill stands 193 m to the north, 5.1 miles off. The nearest named place is TOOTHY!!!, a artwork 0.6 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 4.7 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.13943, -71.12754

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • TOOTHY!!!: 0.6 mi
  • EARLY HISTORY OF STOUGHTON MURAL: 1.6 mi
  • Welcome to Camp Christina: 2.4 mi
  • Deborah Sampson: 2.7 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 3.1 mi
Parks
  • P.C. Frederick J. Conley Memorial Field: 0.6 mi
  • P.C. Frederick J. Conley Memorial Field: 0.6 mi
  • Federick H. Pye Memorial Park: 0.6 mi
  • Paul X. Walsh Memorial Park: 0.6 mi
  • Cabot Devoll Field: 0.7 mi
Historic sites
  • Federick H. Pye Memorial Park: 0.6 mi
  • Paul X. Walsh Memorial Park: 0.6 mi
  • Robert J. Buckley Square: 0.6 mi
  • John Brown Square: 0.7 mi
  • Martin G. Cohenno Sr. Square: 0.7 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Museums
Beaches
  • Fishermans Beach: 3.8 mi
  • Turner Pond Beach: 7.2 mi
  • South Beach: 8.6 mi
  • North Beach: 8.7 mi
  • Powissett Beach: 8.9 mi
Gardens
Attractions
Cliffs: 52
Picnic sites: 40
  • Oak Grove: 5.7 mi
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Table Area: 9.4 mi
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Area: 9.4 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 10.9 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 11.5 mi
Rest areas: 8
  • Westwood Rest Area: 5.6 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 11.9 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 12.6 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 15.4 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 17.8 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 5.7 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 20.5 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 7.7 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 21.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.9 miles of D. Forbes Estate. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great Blue HillN 8°193 m5.1 mi
Moose HillWSW 256°163 m4.5 mi
Chickatawbut HillNNE 31°156 m6.6 mi
Hancock HillNNE 17°155 m5.7 mi
Buck HillNNE 27°151 m5.8 mi
Fenno PeakNNE 31°151 m6.7 mi
Nahanton HillNNE 32°145 m6.9 mi
Hemenway HillNNE 15°140 m5.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:0919:4220:25
September equinox06:3318:0718:44
December solstice07:1015:3116:16

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.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29818440

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