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Great Pond Nature Preserve

Great Pond Nature Preserve from directly overhead

Great Pond Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 50 m. Chickatawbut Hill stands 156 m to the northwest, 6.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Great Pond Woods, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 12 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Weymouth
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.15384, -70.96473

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Richard E. Gifford Playground: 0.3 mi
  • Great Pond Nature Preserve: 0.3 mi
  • Pond Plain Improvement Association Memorial Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Negus Park: 0.6 mi
  • Brookfield Community Park: 0.6 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
Artworks
Peaks
  • Turkey Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Pine Hills: 2.6 mi
  • Farm Hills: 3.2 mi
  • Penniman Hill: 3.9 mi
  • Mullein Hill: 4.2 mi
Museums
Beaches
Attractions
Cliffs: 44
  • The Shield: 6.6 mi
  • S Wall: 7.2 mi
  • R Wall: 7.2 mi
  • Q Wall: 7.2 mi
  • N Wall: 7.2 mi
Picnic sites: 39
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Table Area: 1.4 mi
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Area: 1.4 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 8.5 mi
  • Oak Grove: 12.1 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 12.1 mi
Lighthouses: 8
Rest areas: 7
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 9.7 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 9.7 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 10.8 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 15.2 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 19.0 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 3.7 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 20.9 mi
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 6.5 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 20.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.2 miles of Great Pond Nature Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chickatawbut HillNW 314°156 m6.8 mi
Hancock HillWNW 304°155 m8.0 mi
Fenno PeakNW 314°151 m6.8 mi
Buck HillNW 307°151 m7.0 mi
Nahanton HillNW 316°145 m6.8 mi
Kitchamakin HillNW 315°133 m6.7 mi
Tucker HillWNW 303°133 m7.4 mi
Houghton HillWNW 301°129 m7.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0919:4220:24
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 °F303238485867737265544435
Precip in4.54.05.44.63.84.03.63.83.95.24.45.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hingham, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/867148221

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