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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 103 m. King Hill stands 253 m to the west, 8.1 miles off. 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
Coordinates42.12035, -71.59248

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • West Hill Park: 0.7 mi
  • West Hill Park: 1.1 mi
  • West Hill Park: 1.3 mi
  • Founders Park: 2.2 mi
  • Plummer Playground: 2.7 mi
Peaks
  • Misoe Hill: 0.8 mi
  • West Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Pond Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Neck Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Goat Hill: 2.2 mi
Museums: 60
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Statue: 3.9 mi
  • George V. Brown Memorial: 8.5 mi
  • Hoyt Statue: 8.5 mi
  • Statue of Hachikō: 9.0 mi
  • horseshoe sculpture: 13.2 mi
Attractions
Gardens: 56
  • Janet Colby Memorial Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Eric J. Cook Memorial Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Community Garden Southborough: 12.1 mi
  • Southborough Town Pound: 13.2 mi
  • Jakubowitz-Chaifetz Garden: 14.8 mi
Beaches: 38
Picnic sites: 20
  • 1: 16.4 mi
  • 36: 16.4 mi
  • 35: 16.5 mi
  • 16-34: 16.5 mi
  • 2: 16.5 mi
Cliffs: 18
  • Condo Rock: 5.9 mi
  • The Wall: 6.1 mi
  • Woodward's Rock: 15.9 mi
  • Rattlesnake Ledge: 16.7 mi
  • Pond Cave: 16.9 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 14.5 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 14.6 mi
  • Thirsty Beaver: 17.1 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 17.6 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 17.8 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cascade Brook Falls: 16.7 mi
  • Cargill Falls: 21.6 mi
  • Ponogansett Falls: 23.1 mi
Springs: 1
  • Roger Williams Spring: 22.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.0 miles of E. Kent Swift Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
King HillW 276°253 m8.1 mi
Putnam HillW 269°231 m9.3 mi
Freeland HillW 275°229 m10.0 mi
Pigeon HillW 273°223 m8.7 mi
Fay MountainNNW 347°212 m8.5 mi
Bald HillSW 230°210 m7.9 mi
Leland HillWNW 296°202 m6.4 mi
Pigeon HillNW 326°195 m7.4 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, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29783435

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