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Hennessey Field

Hennessey Field from directly overhead

Hennessey Field is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 26 m. Great Blue Hill stands 193 m to the east-northeast, 4.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Murphy Field, a park 0.1 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 0.4 miles off.

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Coordinates42.18759, -71.19581

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Murphy Field: 0.1 mi
  • Aaron Guild Park: 0.4 mi
  • Bond Street Park: 0.5 mi
  • Norwood Common: 0.5 mi
  • Winslow Field: 0.7 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Nature reserves
Peaks
Gardens
Beaches
  • South Beach: 3.8 mi
  • North Beach: 3.9 mi
  • Powissett Beach: 4.1 mi
  • Shapiro Beach: 4.2 mi
  • Turner Pond Beach: 4.4 mi
Artworks
  • Deborah Sampson: 4.4 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 5.3 mi
  • TOOTHY!!!: 5.4 mi
  • Zullo Gallery: 5.6 mi
  • EARLY HISTORY OF STOUGHTON MURAL: 6.5 mi
Attractions
  • Path Continues: 4.6 mi
  • Foundation & Chimney: 6.0 mi
  • Martini Junction: 6.4 mi
  • 2: 6.4 mi
  • 1: 6.4 mi
Cliffs: 54
Picnic sites: 40
  • Oak Grove: 8.8 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 9.7 mi
  • Oak Lea: 9.7 mi
  • Pine Knoll: 9.8 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 11.0 mi
Rest areas: 8
  • Westwood Rest Area: 2.8 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 13.0 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 13.4 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 13.7 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 21.3 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 6.8 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 17.8 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 9.9 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 18.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.2 miles of Hennessey Field. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great Blue HillENE 68°193 m4.5 mi
Moose HillSSW 192°163 m4.5 mi
Hancock HillENE 68°155 m5.6 mi
Buck HillENE 73°151 m6.5 mi
Hemenway HillENE 67°140 m5.3 mi
Bluff HillSSW 191°138 m5.2 mi
Snow HillWNW 298°137 m5.4 mi
Cedar HillWNW 295°134 m4.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:0919:4320:25
September equinox06:3318:0718:44
December solstice07:1115:3116:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303239506069747265534435
Precip in3.42.83.74.03.33.93.03.63.84.53.74.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norwood MEM AP, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29859279

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