Hockomock Swamp Wildlife Management Area
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 Hockomock Swamp, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 13 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 1998
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 13.4 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 19.4 mi off the Great and Breakneck Hill Roads
- 20.2 mi off the Veteran's Memorial Parkway
- 20.7 mi off the Route 114 and High Street
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Ledge · 13 mi
- Lookout Point · 13 mi
- Prospect Terrace Viewpoint · 21 mi
- Gaspee Point Overlook · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Hockomock Swamp: 0.3 mi
- Hockomock Swamp: 0.4 mi
- Hockomock Swamp: 0.4 mi
- Hockomock Swamp Wildlife Management Area: 0.5 mi
- Nunkers Pond Watershed: 0.5 mi
- Hewitts Pond Preserve: 2.3 mi
- Hewitts Pond Preserve: 2.4 mi
- Scotland Little League Field: 2.6 mi
- Toad Island Park: 3.5 mi
- War Memorial Park: 3.6 mi
- Old Shed: 3.5 mi
- Old Shed: 3.5 mi
- Path Continues: 4.8 mi
- To L.A. Foster Wildlife Refuge: 6.2 mi
- To Woodward Forest: 6.4 mi
- Prospect Hill: 3.5 mi
- Spragues Hill: 5.0 mi
- Stonehouse Hill: 5.5 mi
- Betty Hill: 6.4 mi
- Holmes Knoll: 7.6 mi
- The Old Bay Road: 3.7 mi
- West Bridgewater Civil War Monument: 3.7 mi
- Milo monument: 3.9 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 4.2 mi
- Civil War Monument: 4.4 mi
- Pratt Memorial Statue: 5.1 mi
- Oliver Ames: 6.7 mi
- The Bell: 9.5 mi
- Cupid's Kiss Statue: 9.6 mi
- EARLY HISTORY OF STOUGHTON MURAL: 10.3 mi
- Old Colony History Museum: 5.6 mi
- Children's Museum Easton: 6.5 mi
- Middleboro Historical Museum: 9.8 mi
- Halifax Historical Society: 10.0 mi
- Attleboro Arts Museum: 11.7 mi
- Fragrance Gardens: 7.8 mi
- West Common: 9.7 mi
- Big A Hedge: 11.8 mi
- Rock Garden: 12.5 mi
- Katie's Garden: 12.7 mi
- Lingan Street Beach: 10.8 mi
- Barbara Road Beach: 13.9 mi
- Whiting's Pond Beach: 14.4 mi
- Fishermans Beach: 14.5 mi
- Pierce Beach: 15.4 mi
- King Philip Cave: 9.2 mi
- King Philip Rock: 9.3 mi
- King Phillips Lookout: 11.5 mi
- White Banks: 12.5 mi
- Breakneck Ledge: 16.7 mi
- Oak Grove: 7.9 mi
- 12: 13.2 mi
- 11: 13.2 mi
- 8: 13.2 mi
- 7: 13.2 mi
- Interstate 95 Rest Area: 11.6 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 12.0 mi
- State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 17.1 mi
- State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 17.1 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 17.2 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 15.8 mi
- Roger Williams Spring: 20.9 mi
- Crystal Spring: 23.5 mi
- Plymouth Light: 23.5 mi
- Pumphouse: 23.5 mi
- Rock Falls: 15.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.3 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 321° | 163 m | 12.8 mi |
| Bluff Hill | NW 319° | 138 m | 12.3 mi |
| High Rock | WNW 296° | 127 m | 13.1 mi |
| Rattlesnake Hill | NNW 330° | 122 m | 8.8 mi |
| Sunrise Hill | W 277° | 118.87 m | 13.2 mi |
| Dudley Hill | NW 312° | 116 m | 12.1 mi |
| Crackrock | NW 306° | 107 m | 12.6 mi |
| Pierce Hill | NW 317° | 105 m | 12.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:20 | 18:56 |
| June solstice | 05:10 | 19:42 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:07 | 18:43 |
| 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, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29837954
Day trips start here
- Bridgewater · 4 mi
- Taunton · 6 mi
- Brockton · 7 mi
- Bristol-Norfolk · 8 mi
- Mansfield · 9 mi
- Halifax · 10 mi
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