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Hatch Playground

Hatch Playground from directly overhead

Hatch Playground is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 63 m. Great Blue Hill stands 193 m to the west-northwest, 7.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Weymouth Street Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 11 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Holbrook Conservation Commission
Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.15372, -70.98512

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Historic sites
Peaks
Gardens
Parks
  • Sumner Field: 1.1 mi
  • Great Pond Nature Preserve: 1.1 mi
  • Old Forgotten Park: 1.1 mi
  • Richard E. Gifford Playground: 1.2 mi
  • Mary Wales Holbrook Park: 1.2 mi
Artworks
Museums
Attractions
Beaches
Cliffs: 45
  • The Shield: 6.0 mi
  • S Wall: 6.7 mi
  • R Wall: 6.7 mi
  • Q Wall: 6.7 mi
  • N Wall: 6.8 mi
Picnic sites: 39
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Table Area: 2.2 mi
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Area: 2.2 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 8.2 mi
  • Oak Grove: 11.2 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 11.6 mi
Lighthouses: 8
Rest areas: 7
  • Westwood Rest Area: 9.9 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 10.7 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 10.7 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 14.8 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 18.1 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 3.3 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 20.7 mi
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 5.7 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 20.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.4 miles of Hatch Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great Blue HillWNW 301°193 m7.7 mi
Chickatawbut HillNW 320°156 m6.1 mi
Hancock HillNW 308°155 m7.2 mi
Fenno PeakNW 321°151 m6.1 mi
Buck HillNW 312°151 m6.2 mi
Nahanton HillNW 323°145 m6.1 mi
Hemenway HillNW 307°140 m7.4 mi
Kitchamakin HillNW 322°133 m6.1 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/29690764

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