Skip to content

Gray Reserve

Gray Reserve from directly overhead

Gray Reserve is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. Copicut Hill stands 109 m to the north-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Smith Farm, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Paradise Ave and Other Roads passes 15 miles off.

What the record says

Built
1994-12-30

How to reach it

Coordinates41.55492, -70.94954

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Beaches
Historic sites
  • Barn Foundation: 1.3 mi
  • Battery Barton: 3.5 mi
  • Battery Milliken: 3.5 mi
  • Battery Craig: 3.5 mi
  • Battery Cross: 3.5 mi
Peaks
  • Round Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Pinnacle Rock: 2.9 mi
  • Sherman Hill: 7.5 mi
  • Tarkiln Hill: 8.9 mi
  • Nootas Hill: 9.1 mi
Parks
  • Apponagansett Point Recreation Area: 2.0 mi
  • Mothas Park: 3.0 mi
  • Crapo Field: 3.5 mi
  • Crapo Field: 3.6 mi
  • Fort Taber Park: 3.6 mi
Museums
Cliffs: 24
Artworks: 18
  • Spinwinder: 6.1 mi
  • Rachel Carson: 14.5 mi
  • Whale Tail: 14.5 mi
  • Helen Keller: 14.5 mi
  • Commonwealth Park "Green Monstah" Mural: 15.5 mi
Gardens: 12
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 3
  • Rest Area I-195 (East Bound): 20.7 mi
  • Rest Area I-195 (West Bound): 21.0 mi
  • Rest Area SR-25 Welcome Center: 23.4 mi
Springs: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Bourne Recreation Area: 22.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.8 miles of Gray Reserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Copicut HillNNW 334°109 m12.8 mi
Pocasset HillWNW 298°95 m14.2 mi
Peaked HillSE 141°94.8 m17.5 mi
Slate HillW 267°87 m16.4 mi
Cook HillWNW 301°85 m14.3 mi
Prospect HillSE 141°78 m16.7 mi
Townsend HillNW 304°77 m14.6 mi
Townsend HillNW 304°77 m14.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:1119:4020:22
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:0815:3316:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303138485969767467564536
Precip in3.84.15.34.63.74.13.64.14.24.94.65.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Bedford Coop, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29696748

More nature reserves in Massachusetts

Day trips start here

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to Gray Reserve.

Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.

Private beta · Free to join · No card · Invite when a spot opens