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Furnace Brook Parkway

Furnace Brook Parkway from directly overhead

Furnace Brook Parkway is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. Great Blue Hill stands 193 m to the west-southwest, 6.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Dorothy Quincy Homestead, a museum 0.1 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 6.0 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.25779, -71.00989

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Artworks
  • Constitution Common: 0.2 mi
  • John Adams: 0.5 mi
  • Abigail Adams: 0.6 mi
  • John Hancock: 0.6 mi
  • The Lone Sailor: 3.0 mi
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Freedom Park: 0.2 mi
  • Heritage Tree Park: 0.4 mi
  • Merrymount Park: 0.4 mi
  • Hancock Adams Common: 0.6 mi
  • John Quincy Adams Park: 0.7 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
Attractions
Beaches
  • Norton Road Beach: 1.3 mi
  • Wollaston Beach: 1.5 mi
  • Back Beach: 1.6 mi
  • Wollaston Beach: 1.6 mi
  • Shea Beach: 1.6 mi
Gardens
  • Braintree Community Garden: 3.1 mi
  • Fanny Lou Hamer Community Garden: 4.1 mi
  • Wheatland Avenue Community Garden: 4.2 mi
  • Spencer Street Community Garden: 4.2 mi
  • Audrey Jacobs Memorial Community Garden: 4.5 mi
Cliffs: 45
Picnic sites: 39
Rest areas: 6
  • Commissioners Landing: 7.7 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 8.1 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 15.2 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 15.2 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 22.0 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 4.0 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 13.4 mi
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 4.5 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 13.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.8 miles of Furnace Brook Parkway. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great Blue HillWSW 239°193 m6.2 mi
Chickatawbut HillSW 227°156 m3.6 mi
Hancock HillWSW 238°155 m5.2 mi
Fenno PeakSW 226°151 m3.6 mi
Buck HillSW 228°151 m4.5 mi
Nahanton HillSW 226°145 m3.3 mi
Hemenway HillWSW 239°140 m5.4 mi
Kitchamakin HillSW 225°133 m3.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0819:4220:25
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:1015:3016:15

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/29831256

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