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Draper Avenue Conservation Land

Draper Avenue Conservation Land from directly overhead

Draper Avenue Conservation Land is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 52 m. Great Blue Hill stands 193 m to the east, 6.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Martha Jones Conservation Land, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 2.1 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1974
Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.20052, -71.24219

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Gardens
Peaks
Parks
  • Pheasant Hill Park: 0.6 mi
  • Buckmaster Pond: 0.8 mi
  • Buckmaster Pond Park: 0.8 mi
  • Westwood Veterans' Park: 1.5 mi
  • Richard B Murphy Square: 1.6 mi
Historic sites
Beaches
  • South Beach: 2.2 mi
  • Shapiro Beach: 2.3 mi
  • Powissett Beach: 2.3 mi
  • North Beach: 2.4 mi
  • Turner Pond Beach: 3.6 mi
Museums
  • Morse House: 2.6 mi
  • Peak House Museum: 2.9 mi
  • Lowell Mason Museum and Music Center: 3.2 mi
  • Medfield Historical Society Museum: 3.4 mi
  • Kingsbury Grist Mill: 3.4 mi
Artworks
Attractions
  • Foundation & Chimney: 4.1 mi
  • 2: 4.6 mi
  • 1: 4.6 mi
  • Martini Junction: 4.9 mi
  • 13: 4.9 mi
Cliffs: 51
  • Breakneck Ledge: 7.3 mi
  • King Philip Rock: 9.0 mi
  • The Alcove: 9.1 mi
  • Upper Cliff: 9.2 mi
  • Lower Cliff: 9.2 mi
Picnic sites: 40
  • Oak Grove: 10.4 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 10.6 mi
  • Oak Lea: 10.6 mi
  • Pine Knoll: 10.7 mi
  • Picnic Site 9: 12.6 mi
Rest areas: 8
  • Westwood Rest Area: 4.5 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 13.3 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 13.9 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 13.9 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 20.8 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 9.0 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 17.7 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 12.3 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 18.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great Blue HillE 83°193 m6.6 mi
Moose HillSSE 165°163 m5.5 mi
Hemenway HillE 81°140 m7.4 mi
Bluff HillSSE 168°138 m6.2 mi
Snow HillNW 305°137 m2.9 mi
Cedar HillWNW 299°134 m2.0 mi
Wolcott HillE 82°132 m7.0 mi
Pegan HillNW 318°125 m4.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:1019:4320:25
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 °F283038495968737264534334
Precip in3.93.44.84.43.64.23.64.03.75.04.15.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Walpole 2, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29819577

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