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Ellis Pond Conservation Land

Ellis Pond Conservation Land from directly overhead

Ellis Pond Conservation Land is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 33 m. Great Blue Hill stands 193 m to the east-northeast, 6.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Wilson Street Playground, a park 0.3 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 1.0 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.18187, -71.22537

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Wilson Street Playground: 0.3 mi
  • Alevizos Park: 0.3 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 0.7 mi
  • Winslow Field: 0.9 mi
  • Endean Park: 0.9 mi
Museums
  • Morse House: 1.1 mi
  • Peak House Museum: 3.7 mi
  • Kingsbury Grist Mill: 3.8 mi
  • Lowell Mason Museum and Music Center: 4.1 mi
  • Medfield Historical Society Museum: 4.1 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Gardens
Peaks
Beaches
  • Turner Pond Beach: 3.0 mi
  • South Beach: 3.6 mi
  • North Beach: 3.8 mi
  • Powissett Beach: 3.8 mi
  • Shapiro Beach: 3.8 mi
Artworks
  • Zullo Gallery: 4.1 mi
  • Deborah Sampson: 4.6 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 5.5 mi
  • TOOTHY!!!: 6.3 mi
  • Tom Brady: 6.5 mi
Attractions
  • 2: 4.8 mi
  • 1: 4.9 mi
  • 13: 5.3 mi
  • 14: 5.3 mi
  • 15: 5.3 mi
Cliffs: 48
  • Breakneck Ledge: 6.9 mi
  • King Philip Rock: 7.5 mi
  • King Philip Cave: 7.8 mi
  • The Alcove: 10.1 mi
  • The Shield: 10.1 mi
Picnic sites: 40
  • Oak Grove: 8.9 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 10.9 mi
  • Oak Lea: 11.0 mi
  • Pine Knoll: 11.0 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 12.5 mi
Rest areas: 8
  • Westwood Rest Area: 4.2 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 12.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 12.9 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 14.5 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 20.1 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 8.3 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 18.6 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 11.5 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 19.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.8 miles of Ellis Pond Conservation Land. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great Blue HillENE 70°193 m6.1 mi
Moose HillS 171°163 m4.0 mi
Hancock HillENE 69°155 m7.1 mi
Hemenway HillENE 69°140 m6.9 mi
Bluff HillS 174°138 m4.8 mi
Snow HillNW 312°137 m4.4 mi
Cedar HillNW 311°134 m3.5 mi
Tucker HillENE 73°133 m7.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:1019:4320:25
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 °F283038495968737264534334
Precip in3.93.44.84.43.64.23.64.03.75.04.15.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Walpole 2, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/339270873

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