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E. Kent Swift Wildlife Management Area

E. Kent Swift Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

E. Kent Swift Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 87 m. King Hill stands 253 m to the west, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is West Hill Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 17 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1974-05-23
Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.11866, -71.61128

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • West Hill Park: 0.6 mi
  • West Hill Park: 0.8 mi
  • West Hill Park: 0.9 mi
  • Plummer Playground: 1.7 mi
  • Lasell Field: 2.4 mi
Peaks
  • West Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Goat Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Misoe Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Plummers Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Bad Lands: 1.9 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Attractions
  • Devil's Corncrib: 5.4 mi
  • Fat Man's Misery: 5.4 mi
  • Teetering Rock: 6.9 mi
  • Chattering Rock: 7.3 mi
  • Old Black Oak: 8.0 mi
Museums: 55
Gardens: 52
  • Janet Colby Memorial Garden: 2.3 mi
  • Eric J. Cook Memorial Garden: 2.3 mi
  • Community Garden Southborough: 12.5 mi
  • Southborough Town Pound: 13.6 mi
  • Jakubowitz-Chaifetz Garden: 14.2 mi
Beaches: 37
Picnic sites: 20
  • 1: 17.2 mi
  • Site #36: 17.2 mi
  • 36: 17.2 mi
  • 35: 17.2 mi
  • 16-34: 17.3 mi
Cliffs: 18
  • Condo Rock: 6.8 mi
  • The Wall: 6.9 mi
  • Woodward's Rock: 15.4 mi
  • Rattlesnake Ledge: 16.0 mi
  • Pond Cave: 17.3 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 15.0 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 15.0 mi
  • Thirsty Beaver: 17.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 18.4 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 18.6 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cascade Brook Falls: 16.7 mi
  • Cargill Falls: 20.8 mi
  • Ponogansett Falls: 22.8 mi
Springs: 1
  • Roger Williams Spring: 22.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of E. Kent Swift Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
King HillW 277°253 m7.1 mi
Potter HillWNW 284°241 m9.8 mi
Putnam HillW 270°231 m8.3 mi
Freeland HillW 276°229 m9.1 mi
Wadkin HillSW 235°224 m9.3 mi
Pigeon HillW 274°223 m7.7 mi
Mount AraratWNW 296°223 m9.9 mi
Fay MountainN 354°212 m8.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2218:59
June solstice05:1119:4420:27
September equinox06:3418:0918:46
December solstice07:1215:3316:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485867737164524233
Precip in4.13.34.64.83.94.53.53.94.25.13.84.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — West Medway, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29782876

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