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Furnace Village Management Area

Furnace Village Management Area from directly overhead

Furnace Village Management Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 32 m. Great Blue Hill stands 193 m to the north, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Wheaton Farm Management Area, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 8.8 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Easton Conservation Commission
Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.02352, -71.12333

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Blackbrook Nature Reserve: 0.5 mi
  • Blackbrook Nature Reserve: 0.6 mi
  • Blackbrook Nature Reserve: 0.6 mi
  • Blackbrook Nature Reserve: 0.6 mi
  • New Pond Dam: 0.8 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Old Shed: 2.5 mi
  • Old Shed: 2.5 mi
  • Ames Boulder: 3.3 mi
  • Path Continues: 3.9 mi
  • King Philip Rock: 4.8 mi
Museums
Artworks
  • Oliver Ames: 3.3 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 6.7 mi
  • EARLY HISTORY OF STOUGHTON MURAL: 7.1 mi
  • TOOTHY!!!: 7.5 mi
  • Deborah Sampson: 7.6 mi
Peaks
Gardens
Beaches
  • Barbara Road Beach: 11.1 mi
  • Whiting's Pond Beach: 11.1 mi
  • Fishermans Beach: 11.5 mi
  • Turner Pond Beach: 11.5 mi
  • Sweatt Beach: 12.3 mi
Cliffs: 47
  • King Philip Cave: 4.7 mi
  • King Philip Rock: 4.8 mi
  • Breakneck Ledge: 13.6 mi
  • The Shield: 15.0 mi
  • S Wall: 15.9 mi
Picnic sites: 26
  • Oak Grove: 3.4 mi
  • 12: 9.9 mi
  • 11: 9.9 mi
  • 8: 9.9 mi
  • 10: 9.9 mi
Rest areas: 12
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 8.1 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 8.7 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 13.5 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 17.5 mi
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 17.5 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 13.1 mi
  • Roger Williams Spring: 19.9 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 13.7 mi
  • Cascade Brook Falls: 24.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.4 miles of Furnace Village Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great Blue HillN 2°193 m13.0 mi
Moose HillNNW 326°163 m8.3 mi
Bluff HillNW 322°138 m7.8 mi
Tucker HillN 8°133 m13.2 mi
Wolcott HillN 4°132 m13.2 mi
Houghton HillN 6°129 m13.2 mi
High RockWNW 288°127 m8.8 mi
Pinnacle HillWNW 283°126 m10.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:1019:4220:24
September equinox06:3318:0718:44
December solstice07:1015:3216:17

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, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/877975399

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