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Hemlock Swamp Conservation Area

Hemlock Swamp Conservation Area from directly overhead

Hemlock Swamp Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 39 m. Beacon Pole Hill stands 162 m to the west-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is The Meadows Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 4.9 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.93109, -71.24685

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Attractions
  • The Glen: 0.9 mi
  • Deborah's Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Vernal Pool: 0.9 mi
  • Path Continues: 1.0 mi
  • Trailers: 1.3 mi
Peaks
Parks
  • Finberg Park: 1.0 mi
  • Briggs Playground: 1.8 mi
  • Horton Field: 2.1 mi
  • Charles O. Fiske Square: 2.1 mi
  • Judith H. Robbins Riverfront Park: 2.2 mi
Artworks
  • "HA HA HA" Sculpture: 1.9 mi
  • "Arts for Everyone" Mural: 1.9 mi
  • Cuddy Court Creatures: 2.1 mi
  • "Inspire Thru Art" Mural: 2.2 mi
  • Lloyd G. Balfour Riverwalk Scupture: 2.3 mi
Museums
  • Attleboro Arts Museum: 2.0 mi
  • Attleboro Area Industrial Museum: 2.0 mi
  • Falls Fire Barn Museum: 4.4 mi
  • Carpenter Museum: 6.3 mi
  • Cape Verdean Museum Exhibit: 7.9 mi
Historic sites
  • Gilbert Perry Square: 2.0 mi
  • Vietnam War Monument: 2.0 mi
  • Korean War Monument: 2.0 mi
  • World War I Monument: 2.0 mi
  • World War II Monument: 2.0 mi
Gardens: 48
  • Big A Hedge: 2.0 mi
  • Katie's Garden: 2.6 mi
  • Nature's Play Area: 2.6 mi
  • Attleboro Rose Garden: 2.6 mi
  • West Common: 4.6 mi
Beaches: 41
Cliffs: 29
Picnic sites: 22
  • 4: 5.8 mi
  • 6: 5.8 mi
  • 7: 5.8 mi
  • 8: 5.8 mi
  • 11: 5.8 mi
Rest areas: 8
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 5.4 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 5.7 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 10.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 10.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-195 (West Bound): 11.3 mi
Waterfalls: 5
Springs: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.3 miles of Hemlock Swamp Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Beacon Pole HillWNW 293°162 m11.3 mi
Catamint HillWNW 296°152 m11.3 mi
Diamond HillWNW 299°144 m9.8 mi
Iron Rock HillWNW 294°140 m11.8 mi
Bucks HillNW 311°137 m10.7 mi
Copper Mine HillWNW 290°137 m10.9 mi
Jenckes HillW 260°129 m11.1 mi
High RockNNW 347°127 m9.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:1119:4220:25
September equinox06:3318:0718:44
December solstice07:1015:3216:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273036475867737164524233
Precip in4.23.65.14.43.34.53.23.64.24.84.34.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NWS Boston/norton, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1245436069

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