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Fernald Terrace Rock

Fernald Terrace Rock from directly overhead

Fernald Terrace Rock is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 19 m. Nahanton Hill stands 145 m to the south, 6.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Stanley-Bellevue Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 1.5 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.31061, -71.06566

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Stanley-Bellevue Park: 0.1 mi
  • Coppens Square: 0.2 mi
  • Downer Avenue Playground: 0.2 mi
  • Allen Park: 0.2 mi
  • Norton Street Park: 0.3 mi
Historic sites
  • Civil War Monument: 0.2 mi
  • Vietnam War Memorial: 1.1 mi
  • Tadeausz Kosciuszko Memorial: 1.1 mi
  • Franklin Park Zoo Old Bear Cages: 1.4 mi
  • Franklin Park Zoo Old Bear Cages: 1.5 mi
Peaks
  • Meeting House Hill: 0.3 mi
  • Mount Bowdoin: 0.8 mi
  • Savin Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Popes Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Scarboro Hill: 1.7 mi
Gardens
  • Monadnock Street Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Nonquit Street Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Magnolia & Woodford Streets Garden: 0.6 mi
  • Bullard Community garden: 0.7 mi
  • Audrey Jacobs Memorial Community Garden: 0.7 mi
Museums
Artworks
Attractions
  • Wildebeest: 1.2 mi
  • African Lion: 1.2 mi
  • Hartmann's Mountain Zebra: 1.2 mi
  • Goat: 1.3 mi
  • Masai Giraffe: 1.3 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches
Cliffs: 49
Picnic sites: 33
  • Pine Knoll: 1.3 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 1.3 mi
  • Oak Lea: 1.3 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 3.9 mi
  • Picnic Site 11: 10.9 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Commissioners Landing: 3.3 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 8.0 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 19.7 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 19.7 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 23.5 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Waterfalls: 3
  • Rock Falls: 8.3 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 9.3 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 25.0 mi
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 7.0 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 8.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.0 miles of Fernald Terrace Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Nahanton HillS 175°145 m6.0 mi
Wampatuck HillSSE 169°103 m5.7 mi
Single Tree HillW 281°100 m4.5 mi
Waban HillWNW 290°98 m5.9 mi
Fox HillS 172°95 m5.6 mi
Bellevue HillWSW 240°94 m4.6 mi
Mount WalleyW 268°91 m3.7 mi
Rattlesnake HillSSE 166°90 m5.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:0819:4220:25
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:1115:3016:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038495968747365534334
Precip in3.93.64.54.33.64.23.53.74.05.04.05.1

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29818732

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