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Downes Ave. Conservation Area

Downes Ave. Conservation Area from directly overhead

Downes Ave. Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 63 m. Great Blue Hill stands 193 m to the north-northwest, 3.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Dinah Ave. Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 5.9 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.16003, -71.09119

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • KIA Andrew R. Wood Jr. Memorial: 1.0 mi
  • Willian F. Deady Memorial: 1.2 mi
  • Joseph J. Silva Square: 1.4 mi
  • Alfred J Silva SR. Square: 1.4 mi
  • Edgar A. Halliden Memorial: 1.7 mi
Peaks
Beaches
Parks
  • Cabot Devoll Field: 2.0 mi
  • Bertha Soule Memorial Park: 2.1 mi
  • Lehan Field: 2.2 mi
  • Powers Farm Community Park: 2.2 mi
  • Augustine "Augie" Decembrele Field: 2.2 mi
Artworks
  • Welcome to Camp Christina: 2.1 mi
  • EARLY HISTORY OF STOUGHTON MURAL: 2.5 mi
  • TOOTHY!!!: 2.6 mi
  • Deborah Sampson: 5.0 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 5.5 mi
Gardens
  • Kitchen Garden: 3.1 mi
  • Formal Garden: 3.1 mi
  • Rock Garden: 6.5 mi
  • Shrub Garden: 7.0 mi
  • Flower Garden: 7.1 mi
Museums
Attractions
Cliffs: 50
Picnic sites: 40
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Table Area: 7.3 mi
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Area: 7.3 mi
  • Oak Grove: 7.8 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 8.7 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 9.9 mi
Rest areas: 8
  • Westwood Rest Area: 5.3 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 13.7 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 14.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 14.9 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 16.1 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 3.6 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 19.1 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 5.3 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 19.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.4 miles of Downes Ave. Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great Blue HillNNW 342°193 m3.8 mi
Moose HillWSW 248°163 m6.7 mi
Chickatawbut HillNNE 19°156 m4.6 mi
Hancock HillN 357°155 m4.0 mi
Buck HillNNE 12°151 m3.9 mi
Fenno PeakNNE 21°151 m4.6 mi
Nahanton HillNNE 22°145 m4.8 mi
Hemenway HillN 353°140 m4.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:0919:4220:25
September equinox06:3218:0718:44
December solstice07:1015:3116:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272836475867737164534233
Precip in4.54.05.54.83.84.63.53.94.15.54.35.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Blue Hill Coop, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29818922

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