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Great Pond protected Nature Reserve

Great Pond protected Nature Reserve from directly overhead

Great Pond protected Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 50 m. Chickatawbut Hill stands 156 m to the northwest, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Richard E. Gifford Playground, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 12 miles off.

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What to expect

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Town of Weymouth
Getting there

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Coordinates42.14994, -70.96364

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Richard E. Gifford Playground: 0.0 mi
  • Great Pond Nature Preserve: 0.6 mi
  • Patch Park: 0.7 mi
  • Lawn Park: 0.7 mi
  • Pond Plain Improvement Association Memorial Garden: 0.7 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Gardens
Artworks
Museums
Peaks
  • Turkey Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Pine Hills: 2.7 mi
  • Farm Hills: 3.3 mi
  • Penniman Hill: 4.0 mi
  • Locust Hill: 4.2 mi
Beaches
Attractions
  • House Rock: 4.5 mi
  • Herring Run: 4.7 mi
  • Pastoral Center: 5.9 mi
  • South Shore Natural Science Center: 6.3 mi
  • USS Salem: 6.4 mi
Cliffs: 44
  • The Shield: 6.8 mi
  • S Wall: 7.4 mi
  • R Wall: 7.4 mi
  • Q Wall: 7.5 mi
  • N Wall: 7.5 mi
Picnic sites: 39
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Table Area: 1.6 mi
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Area: 1.7 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 8.7 mi
  • Oak Grove: 12.0 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 12.4 mi
Lighthouses: 8
Rest areas: 7
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 9.6 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 9.6 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 11.0 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 15.5 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 18.9 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 4.0 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 21.2 mi
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 6.7 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 21.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chickatawbut HillNW 315°156 m7.1 mi
Hancock HillNW 305°155 m8.2 mi
Fenno PeakNW 315°151 m7.0 mi
Buck HillNW 308°151 m7.2 mi
Nahanton HillNW 317°145 m7.0 mi
Kitchamakin HillNW 316°133 m7.0 mi
Tucker HillNW 305°133 m7.6 mi
Houghton HillWNW 302°129 m8.1 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/867147990

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