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Forest St Conservation Land

Forest St Conservation Land from directly overhead

Forest St Conservation Land is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 53 m. Great Blue Hill stands 193 m to the west-northwest, 7.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Old Forgotten Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 11 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.17112, -70.97403

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Old Forgotten Park: 0.3 mi
  • Weymouth Great Pond Dam Greens: 0.4 mi
  • Negus Park: 0.8 mi
  • Highland Bench Parklet: 0.9 mi
  • Great Pond Nature Preserve: 1.0 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Gardens
Artworks
Peaks
Museums
Attractions
Beaches
Cliffs: 46
  • The Shield: 5.3 mi
  • S Wall: 5.9 mi
  • R Wall: 5.9 mi
  • Q Wall: 5.9 mi
  • N Wall: 5.9 mi
Picnic sites: 39
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Table Area: 1.2 mi
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Area: 1.2 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 7.2 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 10.8 mi
  • Oak Lea: 11.0 mi
Lighthouses: 8
Rest areas: 7
  • Westwood Rest Area: 10.0 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 10.5 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 10.5 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 13.9 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 19.2 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 2.5 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 19.7 mi
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 5.4 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 19.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great Blue HillWNW 291°193 m7.7 mi
Chickatawbut HillNW 308°156 m5.7 mi
Hancock HillWNW 298°155 m7.0 mi
Fenno PeakNW 309°151 m5.6 mi
Buck HillWNW 300°151 m6.0 mi
Nahanton HillNW 311°145 m5.6 mi
Hemenway HillWNW 297°140 m7.2 mi
Kitchamakin HillNW 310°133 m5.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0919:4220:24
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:1015:3016:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303238485867737265544435
Precip in4.54.05.44.63.84.03.63.83.95.24.45.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hingham, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29690006

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