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Furnace Brook Watershed

Furnace Brook Watershed from directly overhead

Furnace Brook Watershed is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 20 m. Carolina Hill stands 77 m to the north-northeast, 1.0 miles off. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 23 miles off.

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Coordinates42.11163, -70.73438

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Carolina Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Pudding Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Tea Rock Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Marshfield Hills: 1.9 mi
  • Telegraph Hill: 2.0 mi
Parks
  • Veteran's Memorial Park: 1.4 mi
  • South River Park: 1.5 mi
  • Dandelion Park: 2.0 mi
  • Coast Guard Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Kent Park: 2.3 mi
Historic sites
  • Town of Marshfield Veterans Honor Roll: 1.5 mi
  • Coast Guard Hill Recreation Area: 2.3 mi
  • Dedication to Park Donator: 4.1 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 4.6 mi
  • Caesar: 6.1 mi
Museums
Attractions
Artworks
  • Scituate Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument: 6.1 mi
  • Myles Standish Legs: 8.7 mi
  • Cupid's Kiss Statue: 10.4 mi
  • The Bell: 10.5 mi
  • Pilgrim Mother Statue: 11.2 mi
Beaches
Gardens
Cliffs: 34
Lighthouses: 8
Picnic sites: 7
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Table Area: 11.8 mi
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Area: 11.8 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 18.0 mi
  • Oak Grove: 22.3 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 22.4 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 2.4 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 2.5 mi
  • Massachusetts Tourist Information Center: 12.7 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 22.9 mi
  • Rest Area SR-25 Welcome Center: 23.7 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Rock Falls: 15.0 mi
Springs: 1
  • Pakomet Spring: 18.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.0 miles of Furnace Brook Watershed. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Carolina HillNNE 17°77 m1.0 mi
Prospect HillNW 312°72 m8.4 mi
Judges HillNW 321°71 m7.1 mi
Mount BlueNW 318°66 m7.1 mi
Black Pond HillNW 323°64 m6.0 mi
Telegraph HillE 82°61 m2.0 mi
Marshfield HillsNW 321°58 m1.9 mi
Paradise HillNW 311°58 m5.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4718:1818:55
June solstice05:0819:4120:23
September equinox06:3118:0518:42
December solstice07:0915:3016:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313339495968747366564637
Precip in4.84.25.84.73.73.83.53.64.35.04.44.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Plymouth-kingston, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29691489

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