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Hale Swamp

Hale Swamp from directly overhead

Hale Swamp is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 147 m. Wood Hill stands 277 m to the west-northwest, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Chockalog Swamp Natural Heritage Area, a nature reserve 1.1 miles away. Great and Breakneck Hill Roads passes 13 miles off.

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What to expect

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Getting there

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Coordinates42.01463, -71.65094

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Slatersville Pond Fishing Access: 3.2 mi
  • Skull Rock Lock Trailhead: 3.3 mi
  • Harrisville Fishing Area: 3.4 mi
  • Firefighter's Memorial Park: 3.5 mi
  • Pacheco Park: 3.6 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
Artworks
Attractions
  • Fat Man's Misery: 8.5 mi
  • Devil's Corncrib: 8.5 mi
  • Cumberlandite: 10.0 mi
  • Teetering Rock: 13.4 mi
  • Chattering Rock: 13.6 mi
Museums: 54
Gardens: 38
  • Eric J. Cook Memorial Garden: 6.3 mi
  • Janet Colby Memorial Garden: 6.3 mi
  • Rain Gardens: 14.1 mi
  • Manton Bend Community Garden: 17.0 mi
  • Julia's Garden: 17.3 mi
Beaches: 30
Picnic sites: 20
  • Site #36: 13.3 mi
  • 1: 17.2 mi
  • 36: 17.2 mi
  • 2: 17.3 mi
  • 16-34: 17.3 mi
Cliffs: 16
  • Woodward's Rock: 8.0 mi
  • Condo Rock: 13.4 mi
  • Pond Cave: 13.4 mi
  • Fatboy Boulder: 13.4 mi
  • The Wall: 13.4 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Thirsty Beaver: 11.3 mi
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 11.7 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 11.8 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 18.6 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 19.1 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Cascade Brook Falls: 10.3 mi
  • Cargill Falls: 15.0 mi
  • Ponogansett Falls: 15.4 mi
  • Spencer Rock Waterfall: 22.6 mi
Springs: 1
  • Roger Williams Spring: 17.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.1 miles of Hale Swamp. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Wood HillWNW 285°277 m8.8 mi
Bare HillWNW 297°262 m10.1 mi
King HillNNW 328°253 m9.6 mi
Durfee HillSSW 209°244 m9.7 mi
Sugarloaf HillWNW 288°234 m9.9 mi
Mount DanielsW 277°231 m7.8 mi
Putnam HillNW 319°231 m9.6 mi
Benson MountainWSW 258°226 m7.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2218:59
June solstice05:1219:4420:26
September equinox06:3518:0918:46
December solstice07:1215:3416:19

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283138495968747265534334
Precip in4.43.74.94.73.64.33.64.04.25.14.25.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Woonsocket, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29776355

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