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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 45 m. Carolina Hill stands 77 m to the east, 0.7 miles off. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 22 miles off.

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What to expect

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Getting there

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Coordinates42.12508, -70.74258

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Carolina Hill: 0.7 mi
  • Marshfield Hills: 1.0 mi
  • Hagar Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Bald Hill: 2.0 mi
  • Holly Hill: 2.1 mi
Parks
  • Salt Marsh Conservation Area: 2.2 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial Park: 2.4 mi
  • Coast Guard Hill: 2.4 mi
  • South River Park: 2.6 mi
  • Kent Park: 2.9 mi
Historic sites
  • Coast Guard Hill Recreation Area: 2.5 mi
  • Town of Marshfield Veterans Honor Roll: 2.6 mi
  • Dedication to Park Donator: 3.3 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 3.6 mi
  • Caesar: 5.3 mi
Museums
Attractions
  • Mann Farmhouse: 4.3 mi
  • Pembroke Herring Run: 4.5 mi
  • South Shore Natural Science Center: 5.7 mi
  • Herring Run: 11.2 mi
  • South Shore Model Railroad Club: 11.7 mi
Artworks
  • Scituate Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument: 5.2 mi
  • Myles Standish Legs: 9.2 mi
  • Cupid's Kiss Statue: 10.2 mi
  • The Bell: 10.3 mi
  • Elf Mini Bridge: 11.0 mi
Beaches
Gardens
Cliffs: 34
Lighthouses: 8
Picnic sites: 7
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Area: 11.1 mi
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Table Area: 11.1 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 17.1 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 21.6 mi
  • Oak Lea: 21.7 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 2.0 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 2.1 mi
  • Massachusetts Tourist Information Center: 13.7 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 22.2 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 23.4 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Rock Falls: 14.3 mi
Springs: 1
  • Pakomet Spring: 17.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.2 miles of Furnace Brook Watershed. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Carolina HillE 89°77 m0.7 mi
Prospect HillNW 309°72 m7.5 mi
Judges HillNW 319°71 m6.1 mi
Mount BlueNW 315°66 m6.1 mi
Black Pond HillNW 320°64 m5.0 mi
Telegraph HillESE 106°61 m2.5 mi
Marshfield HillsNW 306°58 m1.0 mi
Paradise HillNW 306°58 m4.5 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, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/302116249

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