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Hatch Lots Conservation Area

Hatch Lots Conservation Area from directly overhead

Hatch Lots Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 39 m. Carolina Hill stands 77 m to the east-southeast, 6.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Burnt Plain Swamp, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 16 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.17501, -70.83973

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
Peaks
  • Simon Hill: 0.7 mi
  • Otis Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Mount Blue: 1.1 mi
  • Cuffey Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Judges Hill: 1.5 mi
Attractions
  • South Shore Natural Science Center: 0.9 mi
  • Herring Run: 5.2 mi
  • Mann Farmhouse: 5.5 mi
  • South Shore Model Railroad Club: 5.7 mi
  • House Rock: 6.1 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
Artworks
Museums
Beaches
Cliffs: 45
Picnic sites: 8
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Area: 5.7 mi
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Table Area: 5.7 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 11.0 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 15.5 mi
  • Oak Lea: 15.6 mi
Lighthouses: 8
Rest areas: 5
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 4.9 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 4.9 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 16.6 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 17.4 mi
  • Massachusetts Tourist Information Center: 18.8 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 8.5 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 22.2 mi
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 11.9 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 22.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.1 miles of Hatch Lots Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Carolina HillESE 121°77 m6.6 mi
Prospect HillNW 325°72 m1.5 mi
Judges HillNE 39°71 m1.5 mi
Mount BlueNE 37°66 m1.1 mi
Black Pond HillENE 77°64 m1.8 mi
Otis HillENE 72°58 m0.8 mi
Paradise HillESE 122°58 m1.6 mi
Marshfield HillsSE 124°58 m5.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0819:4120:24
September equinox06:3118:0618:43
December solstice07:0915:3016:15

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, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29693732

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