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Hockomock Swamp Wildlife Management Area

Hockomock Swamp Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Hockomock Swamp Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 18 m. Moose Hill stands 163 m to the northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Nunkers Pond Watershed, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 14 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.97412, -71.04837

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Hewitts Pond Preserve: 1.9 mi
  • Hewitts Pond Preserve: 1.9 mi
  • Scotland Little League Field: 2.1 mi
  • Red mill play area: 3.3 mi
  • Jaclyn woods: 3.3 mi
Historic sites
  • Milo monument: 3.3 mi
  • West Bridgewater Civil War Monument: 3.7 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial: 3.9 mi
  • Anchor Monument: 4.2 mi
  • The Old Bay Road: 4.3 mi
Peaks
  • Prospect Hill: 3.5 mi
  • Spragues Hill: 4.7 mi
  • Betty Hill: 6.0 mi
  • Stonehouse Hill: 6.0 mi
  • Holmes Knoll: 7.1 mi
Attractions
  • Old Shed: 4.0 mi
  • Old Shed: 4.0 mi
  • Path Continues: 5.2 mi
  • To L.A. Foster Wildlife Refuge: 6.5 mi
  • To Woodward Forest: 6.8 mi
Artworks
  • Pratt Memorial Statue: 4.5 mi
  • Oliver Ames: 7.2 mi
  • The Bell: 9.5 mi
  • Cupid's Kiss Statue: 9.6 mi
  • Myles Standish Legs: 10.8 mi
Museums
Gardens
Beaches
Cliffs: 40
Picnic sites: 26
  • Oak Grove: 8.5 mi
  • 12: 13.7 mi
  • 11: 13.7 mi
  • 8: 13.7 mi
  • 7: 13.7 mi
Rest areas: 10
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 12.1 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 12.5 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 16.9 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 16.9 mi
  • Rest Area I-195 (West Bound): 17.3 mi
Springs: 3
  • Pakomet Spring: 16.2 mi
  • Roger Williams Spring: 21.1 mi
  • Crystal Spring: 22.9 mi
Lighthouses: 2
Waterfalls: 1
  • Rock Falls: 15.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.7 miles of Hockomock Swamp Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Moose HillNW 321°163 m13.4 mi
Bluff HillNW 318°138 m12.9 mi
High RockWNW 296°127 m13.6 mi
Rattlesnake HillNNW 329°122 m9.4 mi
Sunrise HillW 278°118.87 m13.7 mi
Dudley HillNW 312°116 m12.7 mi
CrackrockNW 306°107 m13.2 mi
Pierce HillNW 317°105 m13.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:56
June solstice05:1019:4220:24
September equinox06:3218:0718:43
December solstice07:1015:3116:16

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, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29830631

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