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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 90 m. King Hill stands 253 m to the west, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is West Hill Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 16 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
Coordinates42.11532, -71.59815

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • West Hill Park: 0.3 mi
  • West Hill Park: 0.7 mi
  • West Hill Park: 0.9 mi
  • Founders Park: 2.3 mi
  • Plummer Playground: 2.5 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • West Hill: 0.6 mi
  • Misoe Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Pond Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Goat Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Neck Hill: 2.2 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Attractions
  • Devil's Corncrib: 6.1 mi
  • Fat Man's Misery: 6.1 mi
  • Teetering Rock: 6.5 mi
  • Chattering Rock: 6.8 mi
  • Old Black Oak: 8.6 mi
Museums: 59
Gardens: 53
  • Janet Colby Memorial Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Eric J. Cook Memorial Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Community Garden Southborough: 12.5 mi
  • Southborough Town Pound: 13.7 mi
  • Jakubowitz-Chaifetz Garden: 14.8 mi
Beaches: 38
Picnic sites: 20
  • 1: 16.5 mi
  • 36: 16.5 mi
  • 35: 16.5 mi
  • 16-34: 16.5 mi
  • 2: 16.6 mi
Cliffs: 18
  • Condo Rock: 6.4 mi
  • The Wall: 6.5 mi
  • Woodward's Rock: 15.5 mi
  • Rattlesnake Ledge: 16.7 mi
  • Pond Cave: 16.7 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 14.4 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 14.4 mi
  • Thirsty Beaver: 16.8 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 17.7 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 17.9 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cascade Brook Falls: 16.4 mi
  • Cargill Falls: 21.2 mi
  • Ponogansett Falls: 22.7 mi
Springs: 1
  • Roger Williams Spring: 21.9 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 279°253 m7.8 mi
Putnam HillW 272°231 m9.0 mi
Freeland HillW 277°229 m9.8 mi
Wadkin HillWSW 239°224 m9.7 mi
Pigeon HillW 275°223 m8.4 mi
Fay MountainN 350°212 m8.7 mi
Bald HillSW 230°210 m7.5 mi
Leland HillWNW 300°202 m6.3 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/29783444

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