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Dover Conservation Land

Dover Conservation Land from directly overhead

Dover Conservation Land is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 59 m. Snow Hill stands 137 m to the east-northeast, 1.1 miles off. The nearest named place is North Street Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 5.7 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.21670, -71.30840

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • McCarthy Park: 1.4 mi
  • Meeting House Pond: 2.0 mi
  • Baxter Park: 2.2 mi
  • Pheasant Hill Park: 3.2 mi
  • Sherborn Center Historic District: 3.5 mi
Museums
Artworks
Historic sites
Beaches
  • Shapiro Beach: 3.3 mi
  • Powissett Beach: 3.4 mi
  • South Beach: 3.7 mi
  • North Beach: 3.9 mi
  • Memorial Beach: 4.8 mi
Attractions
  • Foundation & Chimney: 3.6 mi
  • 1: 3.7 mi
  • 2: 3.7 mi
  • 15: 3.7 mi
  • 16: 3.7 mi
Gardens
Cliffs: 48
  • The Alcove: 10.1 mi
  • Upper Cliff: 10.1 mi
  • Pusherman Wall: 10.1 mi
  • Lower Cliff: 10.1 mi
  • The Wall: 10.1 mi
Picnic sites: 40
  • Picnic Site 9: 11.8 mi
  • Picnic Site 10: 11.8 mi
  • Picnic Site 11: 11.8 mi
  • Picnic Site 8: 11.9 mi
  • Picnic Site 12: 11.9 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Westwood Rest Area: 7.7 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 14.4 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 14.9 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 15.5 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 20.3 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 12.4 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 18.4 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 15.7 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 19.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.4 miles of Dover Conservation Land. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Snow HillENE 63°137 m1.1 mi
Cedar HillE 95°134 m1.7 mi
Bald HillW 269°132 m6.9 mi
Pegan HillN 5°125 m2.4 mi
Brush HillWNW 302°121 m4.6 mi
Strawberry HillENE 65°114 m3.0 mi
Long HillW 281°113 m6.9 mi
Powissett PeakENE 72°112 m2.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:1019:4320:26
September equinox06:3318:0718:44
December solstice07:1115:3116:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262836475766727062514132
Precip in3.43.13.94.13.84.13.93.84.24.83.74.4

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29834867

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