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Granite Street Conservation Area

Granite Street Conservation Area from directly overhead

Granite Street Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 37 m. Great Blue Hill stands 193 m to the west, 4.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Franklin Street Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 7.7 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Braintree Conservation Commission
Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.20811, -71.01951

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Sunset Lake Beach: 0.6 mi
  • Dearing Park: 0.6 mi
  • French's Common: 0.7 mi
  • Furlong Park: 0.8 mi
  • Hollingsworth Park: 0.9 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
Peaks
  • Pine Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Rattlesnake Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Wampatuck Hill: 2.0 mi
  • Babel Rock: 2.1 mi
  • The Crags: 2.1 mi
Gardens
Artworks
Beaches
  • Smith Beach: 3.3 mi
  • Fishermans Beach: 4.0 mi
  • Sailors Snug Harbor Beach: 4.0 mi
  • Back Beach: 4.0 mi
  • Norton Road Beach: 4.2 mi
Cliffs: 47
Picnic sites: 39
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Area: 4.4 mi
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Table Area: 4.4 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 4.4 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 7.4 mi
  • Oak Lea: 7.6 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Westwood Rest Area: 7.1 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 10.7 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 13.7 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 13.7 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 19.1 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 1.0 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 16.6 mi
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 2.4 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 16.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.4 miles of Granite Street Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great Blue HillW 273°193 m4.9 mi
Chickatawbut HillWNW 294°156 m2.4 mi
Hancock HillW 280°155 m3.9 mi
Fenno PeakWNW 295°151 m2.3 mi
Buck HillW 279°151 m2.9 mi
Nahanton HillWNW 301°145 m2.2 mi
Hemenway HillW 279°140 m4.2 mi
Kitchamakin HillWNW 298°133 m2.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0919:4220:25
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:1015:3016:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272836475867737164534233
Precip in4.54.05.54.83.84.63.53.94.15.54.35.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Blue Hill Coop, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29742371

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