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Duck Pond

Duck Pond from directly overhead

Duck Pond is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 78 m. Wood Hill stands 277 m to the west-southwest, 9.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Goat Hill, a peak 0.8 miles away. Great and Breakneck Hill Roads passes 16 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.09299, -71.63444

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Goat Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Quarry Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Bad Lands: 1.5 mi
  • Plummers Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Castle Hill: 2.1 mi
Parks
  • Uxbridge Common District: 1.1 mi
  • Central (Stanley) Woolen Mill District Park: 1.1 mi
  • Blackstone River & Canal Heritage State Park: 1.2 mi
  • Taft Memorial Park: 1.3 mi
  • West Hill Park: 1.5 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Devil's Corncrib: 4.8 mi
  • Fat Man's Misery: 4.8 mi
  • Teetering Rock: 8.9 mi
  • Old Black Oak: 8.9 mi
  • Chattering Rock: 9.2 mi
Artworks
Museums: 58
Gardens: 52
  • Janet Colby Memorial Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Eric J. Cook Memorial Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Jakubowitz-Chaifetz Garden: 14.6 mi
  • Community Garden Southborough: 14.6 mi
  • Hadwen Community Garden: 15.3 mi
Beaches: 38
Picnic sites: 21
  • Site #36: 16.4 mi
  • 1: 17.5 mi
  • 36: 17.5 mi
  • 35: 17.6 mi
  • 16-34: 17.6 mi
Cliffs: 18
  • Condo Rock: 8.8 mi
  • The Wall: 8.9 mi
  • Woodward's Rock: 13.4 mi
  • Rattlesnake Ledge: 16.2 mi
  • Pond Cave: 16.5 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 14.3 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 14.4 mi
  • Thirsty Beaver: 15.8 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 18.8 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 19.1 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cascade Brook Falls: 15.1 mi
  • Cargill Falls: 18.8 mi
  • Ponogansett Falls: 20.9 mi
Springs: 1
  • Roger Williams Spring: 21.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Duck Pond. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Wood HillWSW 252°277 m9.8 mi
Goat HillW 275°268 m9.2 mi
Bare HillW 265°262 m9.9 mi
Whittier HillWNW 282°256 m9.1 mi
King HillWNW 295°253 m6.5 mi
Potter HillWNW 296°241 m9.3 mi
Putnam HillWNW 284°231 m7.3 mi
Mount DanielsWSW 243°231 m9.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2218:59
June solstice05:1119:4420:27
September equinox06:3518:0918:46
December solstice07:1215:3316:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283138495968747265534334
Precip in4.43.74.94.73.64.33.64.04.25.14.25.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Woonsocket, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29775919

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