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Foxboro Co

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Foxboro Co is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 80 m. Moose Hill stands 163 m to the north-northeast, 4.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Gilmore, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 2.3 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.05698, -71.24769

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Historic sites
Parks
  • Foxborough Common: 0.6 mi
  • Cocasset River Park: 1.0 mi
  • Cocasset River Park: 1.5 mi
  • Cocasset River Park: 1.5 mi
  • Cocasset River Park: 1.5 mi
Peaks
Artworks
  • Tom Brady: 2.6 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 5.3 mi
  • Deborah Sampson: 5.9 mi
  • Oliver Ames: 7.4 mi
  • Cuddy Court Creatures: 7.9 mi
Museums
Attractions
  • King Philip Rock: 3.6 mi
  • Ames Boulder: 4.4 mi
  • Path Continues: 7.1 mi
  • G's Place: 7.3 mi
  • Trailers: 7.5 mi
Gardens
Beaches: 59
  • Sweatt Beach: 5.6 mi
  • Whiting's Pond Beach: 6.3 mi
  • Turner Pond Beach: 6.6 mi
  • Barbara Road Beach: 7.3 mi
  • Chilson Beach: 8.9 mi
Cliffs: 42
Picnic sites: 39
  • Oak Grove: 4.3 mi
  • 35: 5.2 mi
  • 36: 5.2 mi
  • 15: 5.2 mi
  • 16-34: 5.2 mi
Rest areas: 11
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 3.7 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 4.4 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 12.0 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 12.9 mi
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 13.0 mi
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 14.0 mi
  • Roger Williams Spring: 17.7 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 16.0 mi
  • Cascade Brook Falls: 20.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.2 miles of Foxboro Co. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Moose HillNNE 21°163 m4.9 mi
Beacon Pole HillWSW 248°162 m11.2 mi
Catamint HillWSW 249°152 m10.8 mi
Bald HillW 267°145 m10.4 mi
Diamond HillWSW 245°144 m9.4 mi
Bluff HillNNE 23°138 m4.2 mi
Oak HillW 262°138 m10.3 mi
Bucks HillWSW 259°137 m8.2 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 solstice07:1115:3216:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272936475766727163514233
Precip in4.43.85.44.73.64.33.53.84.15.14.55.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norton W, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29834727

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