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Harding Pond Conservation Area

Harding Pond Conservation Area from directly overhead

Harding Pond Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 41 m. Chickatawbut Hill stands 156 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 14 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Whitman Conservation Commission
Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.08528, -70.95797

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Locust Hill: 0.3 mi
  • Rye Hill: 2.7 mi
  • Beech Hill: 2.8 mi
  • Beech Hill: 3.0 mi
  • Roundtop: 3.6 mi
Parks
  • Bill Balentine Park: 0.7 mi
  • Sledding hill: 1.2 mi
  • Town Park: 1.2 mi
  • Murphy Field: 1.5 mi
  • Bear Meadow: 1.8 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
  • Ted Drysdale Memorial Bench: 1.2 mi
  • Soldiers and Sailors Memorial: 1.2 mi
  • All Wars Memorial Monument: 2.4 mi
  • Brockton War Memorial: 3.5 mi
  • PFC Richard J. Canova Corner: 4.3 mi
Gardens
Museums
Attractions
  • South Shore Natural Science Center: 7.9 mi
  • Pembroke Herring Run: 8.1 mi
  • House Rock: 8.9 mi
  • Herring Run: 9.0 mi
  • Pastoral Center: 9.8 mi
Beaches
Cliffs: 38
  • The Shield: 10.9 mi
  • King Philip Rock: 11.5 mi
  • S Wall: 11.6 mi
  • R Wall: 11.6 mi
  • Q Wall: 11.7 mi
Picnic sites: 25
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Table Area: 6.0 mi
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Area: 6.0 mi
  • Oak Grove: 10.7 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 13.1 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 16.5 mi
Lighthouses: 8
Rest areas: 7
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 9.3 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 9.3 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 13.7 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 17.3 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 18.0 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Rock Falls: 8.2 mi
Springs: 1
  • Pakomet Spring: 10.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.1 miles of Harding Pond Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chickatawbut HillNNW 331°156 m10.8 mi
Buck HillNW 326°151 m10.8 mi
Fenno PeakNNW 331°151 m10.8 mi
Nahanton HillNNW 332°145 m10.8 mi
Kitchamakin HillNNW 332°133 m10.8 mi
Tucker HillNW 323°133 m11.0 mi
Rattlesnake HillW 272°122 m9.5 mi
Hawk HillNNW 328°120 m10.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0919:4120:24
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:1015:3116:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303138495968747265544435
Precip in4.03.65.24.53.44.13.23.64.15.04.45.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Brockton, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29688675

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