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Harvard St

Harvard St from directly overhead

Harvard St is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 23 m. Rattlesnake Hill stands 122 m to the west-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Snells Brook Estates, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 16 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.05764, -70.93727

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Bear Meadow: 1.4 mi
  • Town Park: 1.7 mi
  • Sledding hill: 1.7 mi
  • East Bridgewater Town Common and Park: 2.1 mi
  • Strong Field: 2.2 mi
Historic sites
  • Ted Drysdale Memorial Bench: 1.7 mi
  • Soldiers and Sailors Memorial: 1.7 mi
  • Plymouth County Hospital: 3.3 mi
  • All Wars Memorial Monument: 4.3 mi
  • West Bridgewater Civil War Monument: 4.5 mi
Artworks
Peaks
  • Locust Hill: 2.4 mi
  • Rye Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Beech Hill: 3.1 mi
  • Bonney Hill: 3.2 mi
  • Beech Hill: 3.3 mi
Museums
Beaches
Gardens
Attractions
  • Pembroke Herring Run: 7.1 mi
  • South Shore Natural Science Center: 8.7 mi
  • Herring Run: 10.8 mi
  • Old Shed: 10.8 mi
  • Old Shed: 10.8 mi
Cliffs: 37
  • King Philip Rock: 12.6 mi
  • King Philip Cave: 12.8 mi
  • The Shield: 13.1 mi
  • Rose Cliff: 13.8 mi
  • S Wall: 13.8 mi
Picnic sites: 25
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Table Area: 7.9 mi
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Area: 7.9 mi
  • Oak Grove: 11.7 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 15.2 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 18.6 mi
Lighthouses: 8
Rest areas: 7
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 9.0 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 9.0 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 15.8 mi
  • Massachusetts Tourist Information Center: 16.4 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 17.9 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Rock Falls: 10.4 mi
Springs: 1
  • Pakomet Spring: 12.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.6 miles of Harvard St. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rattlesnake HillWNW 282°122 m10.8 mi
Hawk HillNNW 329°120 m12.6 mi
Carolina HillENE 66°77 m11.7 mi
Tower HillNW 321°76 m10.4 mi
Turkey HillNNW 339°75 m7.6 mi
Puddin HillNW 321°73 m9.9 mi
Neary MountainNW 319°72 m9.8 mi
Prospect HillNNE 24°72 m10.2 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 solstice07:0915:3116:16

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/29689414

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