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Farm Pond

Farm Pond from directly overhead

Farm Pond is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 52 m. Snow Hill stands 137 m to the east, 3.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Misery, a peak 0.4 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 8.0 miles off.

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What to expect

Access
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Getting there

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Coordinates42.23081, -71.35018

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Sherborn Center Historic District: 1.2 mi
  • Edwards Plain-Dowses Corner Historic District: 1.9 mi
  • McCarthy Park: 2.0 mi
  • Laurel Farm Baseball and Soccer Fields: 2.3 mi
  • Glen Street Park: 3.1 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches
Historic sites
Museums
Gardens
  • Bressingham Garden: 3.8 mi
  • Olmstead Italianate Garden: 3.8 mi
  • Weezie's Garden for Children: 3.8 mi
  • Shade Garden: 3.9 mi
  • Native Plant and Historic Daffodil Garden: 3.9 mi
Artworks
Attractions
  • 16: 4.7 mi
  • Foundation & Chimney: 4.7 mi
  • 15: 4.7 mi
  • 14: 4.8 mi
  • 13: 4.8 mi
Cliffs: 48
  • The Wall: 8.5 mi
  • Condo Rock: 8.7 mi
  • Falling Rock Ridge: 9.4 mi
  • Pusherman Wall: 11.0 mi
  • The Alcove: 11.0 mi
Picnic sites: 42
  • Picnic Site 9: 11.6 mi
  • Picnic Site 10: 11.6 mi
  • Picnic Site 11: 11.6 mi
  • Picnic Site 8: 11.7 mi
  • Picnic Site 12: 11.7 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Westwood Rest Area: 9.9 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 15.7 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 16.1 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 16.7 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 20.7 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 3
  • Pakomet Spring: 14.6 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 18.9 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 24.3 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 17.9 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 20.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.4 miles of Farm Pond. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Snow HillE 98°137 m3.2 mi
Cedar HillESE 106°134 m3.9 mi
Bald HillWSW 256°132 m4.9 mi
Miller HillWSW 245°129 m6.0 mi
Pegan HillENE 59°125 m2.7 mi
Broad HillW 269°124 m5.4 mi
Brush HillNW 310°121 m2.3 mi
Strawberry HillE 86°114 m4.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:1019:4320:26
September equinox06:3318:0818:45
December solstice07:1215:3116:17

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, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29835080

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