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Drake Circle

Drake Circle from directly overhead

Drake Circle is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 68 m. Great Blue Hill stands 193 m to the north-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Oak Grove, a picnic site 0.5 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 5.2 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Sharon Conservation Commission
Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.06222, -71.17332

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
  • Ames Boulder: 0.6 mi
  • King Philip Rock: 1.1 mi
  • Old Shed: 5.8 mi
  • Old Shed: 5.8 mi
  • Path Continues: 6.5 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Peaks
Parks
  • Edwin A. Keach Park: 2.1 mi
  • Frank I. Sullivan Recreational Area: 2.2 mi
  • Gavin's Pond Soccer Complex: 2.5 mi
  • Mansfield Memorial Park: 2.7 mi
  • Lowney Common: 3.1 mi
Artworks
  • Japanese Garden: 3.4 mi
  • Oliver Ames: 3.5 mi
  • Deborah Sampson: 4.4 mi
  • Tom Brady: 5.1 mi
  • TOOTHY!!!: 5.4 mi
Museums
Gardens
Beaches
  • Turner Pond Beach: 7.8 mi
  • Sweatt Beach: 9.4 mi
  • Whiting's Pond Beach: 9.6 mi
  • Fishermans Beach: 9.6 mi
  • Barbara Road Beach: 10.2 mi
Cliffs: 47
  • King Philip Cave: 1.0 mi
  • King Philip Rock: 1.1 mi
  • Breakneck Ledge: 11.5 mi
  • The Shield: 13.6 mi
  • S Wall: 14.4 mi
Picnic sites: 39
  • Oak Grove: 0.5 mi
  • 12: 8.4 mi
  • 11: 8.4 mi
  • 35: 8.4 mi
  • 15: 8.4 mi
Rest areas: 11
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 6.6 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 7.3 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 10.8 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 16.3 mi
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 16.3 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 11.5 mi
  • Roger Williams Spring: 20.1 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 12.9 mi
  • Cascade Brook Falls: 23.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.7 miles of Drake Circle. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great Blue HillNNE 16°193 m10.8 mi
Moose HillNNW 334°163 m4.7 mi
Hancock HillNNE 20°155 m11.5 mi
Buck HillNNE 26°151 m11.7 mi
Hemenway HillNNE 19°140 m11.4 mi
Bluff HillNNW 328°138 m4.1 mi
Tucker HillNNE 23°133 m11.3 mi
Wolcott HillNNE 18°132 m11.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:1019:4220:25
September equinox06:3318:0718:44
December solstice07:1015:3216:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272936475766727163514233
Precip in4.43.85.44.73.64.33.53.84.15.14.55.2

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29859377

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