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Hillside Drive Land

Hillside Drive Land from directly overhead

Hillside Drive Land is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 23 m. Carolina Hill stands 77 m to the east-northeast, 6.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Myrtle Street Playground, a park 0.4 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 19 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.10655, -70.85550

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Myrtle Street Playground: 0.4 mi
  • Briggs Field: 0.9 mi
  • Ellis Playground: 1.3 mi
  • Magoun Park: 2.8 mi
  • Town Park: 2.9 mi
Nature reserves
Museums
Peaks
  • Roundtop: 1.9 mi
  • Beech Hill: 2.4 mi
  • Perry Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Beech Hill: 2.7 mi
  • Rye Hill: 3.0 mi
Attractions
  • Pembroke Herring Run: 3.5 mi
  • South Shore Natural Science Center: 3.9 mi
  • Herring Run: 8.2 mi
  • Mann Farmhouse: 8.4 mi
  • House Rock: 8.8 mi
Historic sites
  • Dedication to Park Donator: 3.8 mi
  • Plymouth County Hospital: 4.3 mi
  • Soldiers and Sailors Memorial: 4.4 mi
  • Ted Drysdale Memorial Bench: 4.4 mi
  • All Wars Memorial Monument: 4.7 mi
Artworks
Beaches
Cliffs: 39
Picnic sites: 25
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Table Area: 6.6 mi
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Area: 6.6 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 13.9 mi
  • Oak Grove: 16.1 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 18.1 mi
Lighthouses: 8
Rest areas: 7
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 3.9 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 3.9 mi
  • Massachusetts Tourist Information Center: 15.4 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 17.3 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 20.7 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Rock Falls: 9.9 mi
Springs: 1
  • Pakomet Spring: 12.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.1 miles of Hillside Drive Land. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Carolina HillENE 79°77 m6.6 mi
Turkey HillWNW 298°75 m7.9 mi
Prospect HillN 359°72 m6.0 mi
Judges HillNNE 17°71 m6.1 mi
Mount BlueNNE 15°66 m5.8 mi
Black Pond HillNNE 26°64 m5.7 mi
Locust HillWSW 257°62 m5.4 mi
Telegraph HillE 86°61 m8.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0819:4120:24
September equinox06:3118:0618:43
December solstice07:0915:3016:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303238485867737265544435
Precip in4.54.05.44.63.84.03.63.83.95.24.45.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hingham, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29688532

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