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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 25 m. Carolina Hill stands 77 m to the northeast, 1.0 miles off. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 23 miles off.

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Coordinates42.11352, -70.73949

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Carolina Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Marshfield Hills: 1.7 mi
  • Pudding Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Long Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Bald Hill: 2.1 mi
Parks
  • Veteran's Memorial Park: 1.7 mi
  • South River Park: 1.8 mi
  • Dandelion Park: 2.3 mi
  • Coast Guard Hill: 2.4 mi
  • Kent Park: 2.5 mi
Historic sites
  • Town of Marshfield Veterans Honor Roll: 1.8 mi
  • Coast Guard Hill Recreation Area: 2.5 mi
  • Dedication to Park Donator: 3.8 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 4.3 mi
  • Caesar: 6.0 mi
Attractions
Museums
Artworks
  • Scituate Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument: 6.0 mi
  • Myles Standish Legs: 8.7 mi
  • Cupid's Kiss Statue: 10.2 mi
  • The Bell: 10.3 mi
  • Elf Mini Bridge: 11.3 mi
Beaches
Gardens
Cliffs: 34
Lighthouses: 8
Picnic sites: 7
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Table Area: 11.5 mi
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Area: 11.5 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 17.7 mi
  • Oak Grove: 22.1 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 22.1 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 2.2 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 2.2 mi
  • Massachusetts Tourist Information Center: 12.9 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 22.6 mi
  • Rest Area SR-25 Welcome Center: 23.9 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Rock Falls: 14.7 mi
Springs: 1
  • Pakomet Spring: 18.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.7 miles of Furnace Brook Watershed. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Carolina HillNE 34°77 m1.0 mi
Prospect HillNW 312°72 m8.2 mi
Judges HillNW 322°71 m6.8 mi
Mount BlueNW 319°66 m6.8 mi
Black Pond HillNW 324°64 m5.8 mi
Telegraph HillE 87°61 m2.2 mi
Marshfield HillsNW 326°58 m1.7 mi
Paradise HillNW 312°58 m5.1 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/29692215

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