Nature reserve · Massachusetts
Havey Beach
Havey Beach is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 25 m. Great Blue Hill stands 193 m to the southeast, 5.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Charles River Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 1.3 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
Coordinates42.27515, -71.17445
- 1.3 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 9.3 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 28.6 mi off the Great and Breakneck Hill Roads
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 7 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 16 mi
- Lookout Point · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Charles River Wildlife Management Area: 0.4 mi
- Charles River Wildlife Management Area: 0.9 mi
- Charles River Reservation: 1.5 mi
- Charles River Wildlife Management Area: 1.5 mi
- Hancock Woods: 1.6 mi
Parks
- Candy Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Millennium Park: 0.6 mi
- Praught Field: 0.6 mi
- Billings Field: 1.0 mi
- Draper Playground: 1.3 mi
Historic sites
- The Castle: 1.2 mi
- Oakdale war memorial: 2.5 mi
- Historic Springhouse: 2.8 mi
- Bishop Riley: 3.0 mi
- Needham Armed Forces Memorial: 3.2 mi
Peaks
- Bellevue Hill: 1.6 mi
- Bearberry Hill: 1.7 mi
- Peaked Hill: 1.8 mi
- Wilson Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Oak Hill: 2.0 mi
Museums
- Fairbanks House: 2.2 mi
- Bay State Model Railroad Museum: 2.4 mi
- Larz Anderson Auto Museum: 3.2 mi
- Longyear Museum: 3.5 mi
- Loring-Greenough House: 3.9 mi
Artworks
- Own Your Peace Sculpture: 3.0 mi
- Saint Ignatius Loyola: 4.1 mi
- Drift by Mary Bonina: 4.2 mi
- Caterpillar: 4.5 mi
- Taino Mural: 4.6 mi
Gardens
- Bradley Rosaceous Collection: 3.4 mi
- Leland Street Cooperative Garden: 3.5 mi
- Leland Street Cooperative Garden: 3.5 mi
- Flower Garden: 4.0 mi
- Jamaica Pond Park Rain Garden: 4.0 mi
Beaches
- Crystal Lake Beach: 3.7 mi
- North Beach: 4.2 mi
- South Beach: 4.5 mi
- Powissett Beach: 4.6 mi
- Shapiro Beach: 4.7 mi
Attractions
- Martini Junction: 3.9 mi
- Piccadilly Square Chair: 3.9 mi
- Jamaica Pond Bench: 4.1 mi
- Heartbreak Hill (Top/End): 4.2 mi
- Heartbreak Hill (Bottom/Start): 4.3 mi
Cliffs: 46
- The Alcove: 3.3 mi
- Upper Cliff: 3.4 mi
- Lower Cliff: 3.4 mi
- Temple Overhangs: 3.5 mi
- Pusherman Wall: 3.6 mi
Picnic sites: 41
- Oak Lea: 4.8 mi
- Nature's Pavilion: 4.8 mi
- Pine Knoll: 4.8 mi
- Babcock Arboretum: 8.3 mi
- Picnic Site 11: 8.5 mi
Rest areas: 6
- Westwood Rest Area: 4.1 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 7.7 mi
- Interstate 95 Rest Area: 19.1 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 19.8 mi
- State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 22.9 mi
Lighthouses: 6
- Boathouse: 14.9 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 14.9 mi
- Oil Shed: 15.0 mi
- Boston Light: 15.0 mi
- Rainshed: 15.0 mi
Springs: 3
- Pakomet Spring: 7.2 mi
- Quarry Spring: 11.7 mi
- Mystery Spring: 24.2 mi
Waterfalls: 2
- Rock Falls: 10.2 mi
- Cascade Falls: 12.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Haywardville: 13.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.0 miles of Havey Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Blue Hill | SE 145° | 193 m | 5.4 mi |
| Hancock Hill | SE 134° | 155 m | 5.6 mi |
| Hemenway Hill | SE 136° | 140 m | 5.5 mi |
| Wolcott Hill | SE 140° | 132 m | 5.4 mi |
| Houghton Hill | SE 137° | 129 m | 5.8 mi |
| Strawberry Hill | WSW 236° | 114 m | 5.0 mi |
| Powissett Peak | SW 233° | 112 m | 5.2 mi |
| Noanet Peak | WSW 239° | 110 m | 5.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 19:43 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:07 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:31 | 16:16 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 30 | 38 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 73 | 65 | 53 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 5.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jamaica Plain, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Boston/Outer Neighborhoods · 2 mi
- Dedham · 2 mi
- Eastern Massachusetts · 3 mi
- Needham · 3 mi
- Boston/Jamaica Plain-Mission Hill · 4 mi
- Boston/Roxbury · 5 mi
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