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Devon Wood Open Space

Devon Wood Open Space from directly overhead

Devon Wood Open Space is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 62 m. Great Blue Hill stands 193 m to the west-northwest, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Cranberry Pond Conservation Land, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 10 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1988-10-07
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.17660, -70.98459

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Old Forgotten Park: 0.9 mi
  • Weymouth Great Pond Dam Greens: 1.0 mi
  • Highland Bench Parklet: 1.4 mi
  • Pond Meadow Park: 1.5 mi
  • Negus Park: 1.5 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
Gardens
Artworks
Museums
Attractions
Beaches
Cliffs: 46
  • The Shield: 4.7 mi
  • S Wall: 5.3 mi
  • R Wall: 5.3 mi
  • Q Wall: 5.3 mi
  • N Wall: 5.3 mi
Picnic sites: 39
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Table Area: 1.8 mi
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Area: 1.8 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 6.7 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 10.2 mi
  • Oak Lea: 10.4 mi
Lighthouses: 8
Rest areas: 7
  • Westwood Rest Area: 9.3 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 11.2 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 11.2 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 13.4 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 19.0 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 1.9 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 19.1 mi
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 4.8 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 18.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.1 miles of Devon Wood Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great Blue HillWNW 290°193 m7.1 mi
Chickatawbut HillNW 309°156 m5.0 mi
Hancock HillWNW 297°155 m6.4 mi
Fenno PeakNW 309°151 m5.0 mi
Buck HillWNW 300°151 m5.3 mi
Nahanton HillNW 312°145 m4.9 mi
Hemenway HillWNW 296°140 m6.6 mi
Kitchamakin HillNW 311°133 m4.9 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 solstice07:1015:3016:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303238485867737265544435
Precip in4.54.05.44.63.84.03.63.83.95.24.45.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hingham, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/711148409

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