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Heyl Sanctuary

Heyl Sanctuary from directly overhead

Heyl Sanctuary is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 38 m. Snow Hill stands 137 m to the south, 3.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Guernsey Sanctuary, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 6.5 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.27954, -71.29532

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Gardens
  • Rhododendron Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Trial Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Shade Garden: 0.6 mi
  • Teaching Herb Garden: 0.6 mi
  • Weezie's Garden for Children: 0.6 mi
Parks
  • Mass Horticultural Society Gardens at Elm Bank: 0.6 mi
  • Hunnewell Estates Historic District: 0.6 mi
  • Hunnewell Field Playground: 1.0 mi
  • Severance Green: 1.1 mi
  • H.H. Hunnewell Arboretum: 1.1 mi
Peaks
Museums
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Boston Marathon - Wellesley Scream Tunnel: 1.3 mi
  • Foundation & Chimney: 2.1 mi
  • Fairy Rock: 2.4 mi
  • Martini Junction: 2.4 mi
  • Elephant Rock: 2.6 mi
Beaches
  • Morses Pond Beach: 1.6 mi
  • Memorial Beach: 3.5 mi
  • Shapiro Beach: 4.0 mi
  • Powissett Beach: 4.0 mi
  • North Beach: 4.3 mi
Artworks
Cliffs: 43
  • Lunch Wall: 6.8 mi
  • Pusherman Wall: 6.8 mi
  • Temple Overhangs: 6.9 mi
  • The Alcove: 6.9 mi
  • Upper Cliff: 6.9 mi
Picnic sites: 41
  • Picnic Site 9: 7.4 mi
  • Picnic Site 10: 7.4 mi
  • Picnic Site 11: 7.5 mi
  • Picnic Site 8: 7.5 mi
  • Picnic Site 12: 7.5 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Westwood Rest Area: 8.2 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 12.6 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 18.7 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 19.2 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 24.7 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 3
  • Pakomet Spring: 12.7 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 14.5 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 21.6 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Rock Falls: 16.0 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 16.0 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 24.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.4 miles of Heyl Sanctuary. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Snow HillS 175°137 m3.8 mi
Cedar HillSSE 168°134 m4.6 mi
Pegan HillSSW 193°125 m2.0 mi
Reeves HillNNW 328°122 m5.4 mi
Brush HillWSW 247°121 m4.9 mi
Strawberry HillSE 146°114 m3.7 mi
Powissett PeakSSE 149°112 m4.0 mi
Oak HillS 177°111 m3.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:0919:4320:26
September equinox06:3318:0718:44
December solstice07:1215:3116:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262836475766727062514132
Precip in3.43.13.94.13.84.13.93.84.24.83.74.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Natick, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/579832568

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