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Hewitts Pond Preserve

Hewitts Pond Preserve from directly overhead

Hewitts Pond Preserve is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 18 m. Bluff Hill stands 138 m to the northwest, 14 miles off. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 15 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1979
Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.94857, -71.04149

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Hewitts Pond Preserve: 0.1 mi
  • Hewitts Pond Preserve: 0.1 mi
  • Red mill play area: 2.1 mi
  • Jaclyn woods: 2.1 mi
  • Scotland Little League Field: 2.2 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Milo monument: 2.1 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial: 2.2 mi
  • Anchor Monument: 2.6 mi
  • West Bridgewater Civil War Monument: 5.1 mi
  • The Old Bay Road: 5.6 mi
Peaks
  • Prospect Hill: 3.0 mi
  • Betty Hill: 4.2 mi
  • Spragues Hill: 5.5 mi
  • Le Baron Hill: 6.6 mi
  • White Oak Island: 6.8 mi
Artworks
  • Pratt Memorial Statue: 3.3 mi
  • Oliver Ames: 9.0 mi
  • The Bell: 10.8 mi
  • Cupid's Kiss Statue: 10.8 mi
  • Myles Standish Legs: 11.1 mi
Museums
Attractions
  • Old Shed: 5.0 mi
  • Old Shed: 5.0 mi
  • Path Continues: 5.7 mi
  • To L.A. Foster Wildlife Refuge: 6.7 mi
  • To Woodward Forest: 6.9 mi
Beaches
Gardens: 55
Cliffs: 38
Picnic sites: 26
  • Oak Grove: 10.1 mi
  • 12: 14.4 mi
  • 8: 14.4 mi
  • 11: 14.4 mi
  • 7: 14.4 mi
Rest areas: 10
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 12.9 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 13.3 mi
  • Rest Area I-195 (West Bound): 16.1 mi
  • Rest Area I-195 (East Bound): 16.2 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 17.7 mi
Springs: 3
  • Pakomet Spring: 18.0 mi
  • Roger Williams Spring: 20.7 mi
  • Crystal Spring: 21.2 mi
Lighthouses: 2
Waterfalls: 1
  • Rock Falls: 17.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.7 miles of Hewitts Pond Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bluff HillNW 322°138 m14.5 mi
Rattlesnake HillNNW 332°122 m11.1 mi
Sunrise HillWNW 285°118.87 m14.4 mi
Dudley HillNW 316°116 m14.1 mi
CrackrockNW 311°107 m14.6 mi
Foolish HillNW 307°104 m12.2 mi
Hobbs HillNW 326°104 m14.2 mi
Barefoot HillNW 318°95 m12.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:2018:56
June solstice05:1019:4120:24
September equinox06:3218:0718:43
December solstice07:0915:3216:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293138485967737265534335
Precip in3.73.45.14.83.44.13.53.63.94.34.14.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Taunton, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29835202

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