Hockomock Swamp Wildlife Management Area
Hockomock Swamp Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 21 m. Moose Hill stands 163 m to the northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Conservation Land, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 11 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 1976-04-29
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 11.1 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 18.0 mi off the Great and Breakneck Hill Roads
- 19.4 mi off the Veteran's Memorial Parkway
- 20.9 mi off the Route 114 and High Street
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Ledge · 11 mi
- Lookout Point · 11 mi
- Prospect Terrace Viewpoint · 20 mi
- Gaspee Point Overlook · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- The Old Bay Road: 1.5 mi
- Civil War Monument: 2.7 mi
- West Bridgewater Civil War Monument: 4.6 mi
- World War I Memorial: 4.7 mi
- World War II Memorial: 4.9 mi
- Wheaton Farm Walking Trails: 1.5 mi
- Blackbrook Nature Reserve: 2.4 mi
- Toad Island Park: 2.4 mi
- Blackbrook Nature Reserve: 2.4 mi
- Blackbrook Nature Reserve: 2.4 mi
- Old Shed: 1.8 mi
- Old Shed: 1.8 mi
- Path Continues: 3.4 mi
- To L.A. Foster Wildlife Refuge: 5.1 mi
- To Woodward Forest: 5.4 mi
- Prospect Hill: 4.1 mi
- Stonehouse Hill: 4.4 mi
- Spragues Hill: 6.5 mi
- Rattlesnake Hill: 6.9 mi
- Cow Hill: 7.5 mi
- Children's Museum Easton: 4.8 mi
- Old Colony History Museum: 6.7 mi
- Sharon Historical Society: 9.7 mi
- Attleboro Arts Museum: 10.3 mi
- Attleboro Area Industrial Museum: 10.4 mi
- Oliver Ames: 5.0 mi
- Pratt Memorial Statue: 7.3 mi
- EARLY HISTORY OF STOUGHTON MURAL: 8.8 mi
- Japanese Garden: 9.0 mi
- Welcome to Camp Christina: 9.2 mi
- West Common: 7.8 mi
- Fragrance Gardens: 8.3 mi
- Big A Hedge: 10.4 mi
- Katie's Garden: 11.3 mi
- Nature's Play Area: 11.3 mi
- Barbara Road Beach: 12.1 mi
- Whiting's Pond Beach: 12.5 mi
- Lingan Street Beach: 12.6 mi
- Fishermans Beach: 13.2 mi
- Turner Pond Beach: 13.9 mi
- King Philip Cave: 7.1 mi
- King Philip Rock: 7.2 mi
- King Phillips Lookout: 13.5 mi
- White Banks: 14.7 mi
- Breakneck Ledge: 15.3 mi
- Oak Grove: 5.7 mi
- 12: 11.3 mi
- 11: 11.3 mi
- 8: 11.3 mi
- 7: 11.3 mi
- Interstate 95 Rest Area: 9.6 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 10.1 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 15.6 mi
- Rest Area I-195 (West Bound): 17.6 mi
- Rest Area I-195 (East Bound): 17.7 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 14.6 mi
- Roger Williams Spring: 20.0 mi
- Rock Falls: 14.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.6 miles of Hockomock Swamp Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moose Hill | NW 325° | 163 m | 10.7 mi |
| Bluff Hill | NW 322° | 138 m | 10.2 mi |
| High Rock | WNW 294° | 127 m | 10.8 mi |
| Pinnacle Hill | WNW 290° | 126 m | 12.2 mi |
| Rattlesnake Hill | NNW 338° | 122 m | 6.9 mi |
| Knuckup Hill | WNW 288° | 119 m | 12.8 mi |
| Sunrise Hill | W 271° | 118.87 m | 11.3 mi |
| Dudley Hill | NW 313° | 116 m | 9.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:10 | 19:42 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:07 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 15:31 | 16:17 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 30 | 36 | 47 | 58 | 67 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 52 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 4.2 | 3.6 | 5.1 | 4.4 | 3.3 | 4.5 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NWS Boston/norton, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29819371
Day trips start here
- Bridgewater · 6 mi
- Bristol-Norfolk · 6 mi
- Brockton · 7 mi
- Mansfield · 7 mi
- Taunton · 7 mi
- Foxborough · 9 mi
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