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Hockomock Swamp Management Area

Hockomock Swamp Management Area from directly overhead

Hockomock Swamp Management Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 20 m. Moose Hill stands 163 m to the northwest, 12 miles off. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 12 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Easton Conservation Commission
Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.99236, -71.07307

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Historic sites
Parks
  • Wheaton Farm Walking Trails: 2.6 mi
  • Toad Island Park: 3.0 mi
  • Eastondale Playground: 3.0 mi
  • Blackbrook Nature Reserve: 3.3 mi
  • Blackbrook Nature Reserve: 3.3 mi
Attractions
  • Old Shed: 2.6 mi
  • Old Shed: 2.7 mi
  • Path Continues: 4.2 mi
  • To L.A. Foster Wildlife Refuge: 5.8 mi
  • To Woodward Forest: 6.1 mi
Peaks
Museums
Artworks
  • Oliver Ames: 5.6 mi
  • Pratt Memorial Statue: 6.3 mi
  • EARLY HISTORY OF STOUGHTON MURAL: 9.3 mi
  • The Bell: 9.4 mi
  • Cupid's Kiss Statue: 9.5 mi
Gardens
Beaches
  • Lingan Street Beach: 11.6 mi
  • Barbara Road Beach: 13.1 mi
  • Whiting's Pond Beach: 13.5 mi
  • Fishermans Beach: 13.6 mi
  • Turner Pond Beach: 14.8 mi
Cliffs: 45
Picnic sites: 26
  • Oak Grove: 6.7 mi
  • 12: 12.3 mi
  • 11: 12.3 mi
  • 8: 12.3 mi
  • 7: 12.3 mi
Rest areas: 10
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 10.7 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 11.1 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 16.2 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 17.3 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 17.3 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Springs: 3
  • Pakomet Spring: 15.0 mi
  • Roger Williams Spring: 20.6 mi
  • Crystal Spring: 24.6 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Rock Falls: 14.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.4 miles of Hockomock Swamp Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Moose HillNW 322°163 m11.6 mi
Bluff HillNW 319°138 m11.1 mi
High RockWNW 294°127 m11.9 mi
Pinnacle HillWNW 290°126 m13.3 mi
Rattlesnake HillNNW 332°122 m7.7 mi
Sunrise HillW 273°118.87 m12.3 mi
Dudley HillNW 311°116 m10.9 mi
PinnacleWNW 290°114 m13.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:1019:4220:24
September equinox06:3218:0718:43
December solstice07:1015:3116:17

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, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/871743936

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