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Edgewater Drive Conservation Area

Edgewater Drive Conservation Area from directly overhead

Edgewater Drive Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 34 m. Snow Hill stands 137 m to the south, 2.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Ben David Farm, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 5.8 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Dover Conservation Commission
Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.25819, -71.29273

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Gardens
  • Trial Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Shade Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Weezie's Garden for Children: 1.3 mi
  • Bressingham Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Olmstead Italianate Garden: 1.4 mi
Parks
  • Mass Horticultural Society Gardens at Elm Bank: 1.4 mi
  • Walker-Gordon Field: 1.4 mi
  • Hunnewell Field Playground: 1.4 mi
  • Glen Street Park: 1.4 mi
  • Old Town Park: 1.5 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Foundation & Chimney: 1.4 mi
  • Martini Junction: 2.3 mi
  • Boston Marathon - Wellesley Scream Tunnel: 2.7 mi
  • Fairy Rock: 3.8 mi
  • Elephant Rock: 4.1 mi
Museums
Beaches
  • Shapiro Beach: 2.8 mi
  • Powissett Beach: 2.9 mi
  • Morses Pond Beach: 2.9 mi
  • South Beach: 3.3 mi
  • North Beach: 3.3 mi
Artworks
Cliffs: 43
  • The Alcove: 7.5 mi
  • Pusherman Wall: 7.5 mi
  • Lunch Wall: 7.6 mi
  • Temple Overhangs: 7.6 mi
  • Upper Cliff: 7.6 mi
Picnic sites: 41
  • Picnic Site 9: 8.8 mi
  • Picnic Site 10: 8.8 mi
  • Picnic Site 11: 8.9 mi
  • Picnic Site 8: 8.9 mi
  • Picnic Site 12: 8.9 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Westwood Rest Area: 7.4 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 13.2 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 17.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 17.7 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 23.3 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 3
  • Pakomet Spring: 12.0 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 15.6 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 23.0 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 15.4 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 17.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.9 miles of Edgewater Drive Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Snow HillS 175°137 m2.4 mi
Cedar HillSSE 164°134 m3.1 mi
Pegan HillSW 230°125 m0.8 mi
Reeves HillNNW 334°122 m6.7 mi
Brush HillW 265°121 m4.7 mi
Strawberry HillSE 129°114 m2.5 mi
Powissett PeakSE 136°112 m2.8 mi
Oak HillS 179°111 m2.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:1019:4320:26
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 °F262836475766727062514132
Precip in3.43.13.94.13.84.13.93.84.24.83.74.4

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29818500

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