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Elm Street Conservation Area

Elm Street Conservation Area from directly overhead

Elm Street Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 74 m. Moose Hill stands 163 m to the southeast, 5.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Red Gate Farm Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 3.3 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Medfield Conservation Commission
Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.18049, -71.27774

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Museums
Artworks
Parks
  • Meeting House Pond: 1.6 mi
  • Baxter Park: 1.6 mi
  • Pheasant Hill Park: 2.5 mi
  • Wilson Street Playground: 2.6 mi
  • Blackburn Memorial Park: 2.8 mi
Historic sites
Beaches
  • Turner Pond Beach: 2.1 mi
  • Shapiro Beach: 4.0 mi
  • Powissett Beach: 4.1 mi
  • South Beach: 4.1 mi
  • North Beach: 4.4 mi
Attractions
  • 2: 2.3 mi
  • 1: 2.3 mi
  • 13: 2.7 mi
  • 14: 2.7 mi
  • 15: 2.8 mi
Gardens
Cliffs: 46
  • King Philip Rock: 8.6 mi
  • King Philip Cave: 8.8 mi
  • Breakneck Ledge: 9.4 mi
  • The Alcove: 11.2 mi
  • Upper Cliff: 11.2 mi
Picnic sites: 40
  • Oak Grove: 10.0 mi
  • 36: 12.5 mi
  • 35: 12.5 mi
  • 16-34: 12.6 mi
  • 1: 12.6 mi
Rest areas: 7
  • Westwood Rest Area: 6.6 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 11.8 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 12.3 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 16.1 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 18.7 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 11.0 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 19.7 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 14.2 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 21.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.7 miles of Elm Street Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Moose HillSE 140°163 m5.1 mi
Bluff HillSE 146°138 m5.6 mi
Snow HillN 350°137 m3.1 mi
Cedar HillN 2°134 m2.4 mi
Pegan HillNNW 344°125 m5.1 mi
Brush HillNW 312°121 m7.4 mi
Dudley HillSSE 159°116 m6.3 mi
Strawberry HillNNE 17°114 m4.0 mi

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 °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/29742451

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