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 north-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Toad Island Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 10 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 10.4 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 15.9 mi off the Great and Breakneck Hill Roads
- 17.0 mi off the Veteran's Memorial Parkway
- 18.4 mi off the Route 114 and High Street
Overlooks nearby
- Lookout Point · 10 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 10 mi
- Prospect Terrace Viewpoint · 17 mi
- Gaspee Point Overlook · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Toad Island Park: 0.1 mi
- Watson Pond State Park: 1.5 mi
- Wheaton Farm Walking Trails: 2.5 mi
- Library Park: 2.9 mi
- Norton Common: 3.3 mi
- Hockomock Swamp Wildlife Management Area: 0.4 mi
- Erwin S. Wilder Wildlife Management Area: 0.5 mi
- Charlotte/River Road: 0.5 mi
- Hockomock Swamp Wildlife Management Area: 0.6 mi
- Lincoln Woods: 0.7 mi
- Old Shed: 1.2 mi
- Old Shed: 1.2 mi
- Path Continues: 1.3 mi
- To L.A. Foster Wildlife Refuge: 2.7 mi
- To Woodward Forest: 3.0 mi
- The Old Bay Road: 2.4 mi
- Civil War Monument: 4.8 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 5.0 mi
- Anchor Monument: 5.1 mi
- Cobbler's Cornner: 5.7 mi
- Prospect Hill: 2.5 mi
- Shpack Hill: 6.0 mi
- Stonehouse Hill: 6.7 mi
- Moose Hill: 7.0 mi
- Betty Hill: 7.3 mi
- Old Colony History Museum: 5.1 mi
- Children's Museum Easton: 6.8 mi
- Attleboro Arts Museum: 8.2 mi
- Attleboro Area Industrial Museum: 8.3 mi
- Falls Fire Barn Museum: 9.7 mi
- Fragrance Gardens: 6.2 mi
- West Common: 6.5 mi
- Big A Hedge: 8.3 mi
- Katie's Garden: 9.1 mi
- Nature's Play Area: 9.1 mi
- Oliver Ames: 6.9 mi
- Pratt Memorial Statue: 7.8 mi
- "HA HA HA" Sculpture: 8.2 mi
- "Arts for Everyone" Mural: 8.2 mi
- Cuddy Court Creatures: 8.4 mi
- Barbara Road Beach: 10.4 mi
- Whiting's Pond Beach: 11.0 mi
- Sweatt Beach: 13.7 mi
- Pierce Beach: 14.2 mi
- Lingan Street Beach: 14.4 mi
- King Philip Cave: 7.8 mi
- King Philip Rock: 8.0 mi
- King Phillips Lookout: 13.1 mi
- White Banks: 14.6 mi
- Fatboy Boulder: 16.6 mi
- Oak Grove: 6.7 mi
- 12: 9.9 mi
- 11: 9.9 mi
- 8: 9.9 mi
- 7: 9.9 mi
- Interstate 95 Rest Area: 8.4 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 8.8 mi
- Rest Area I-195 (West Bound): 15.2 mi
- Rest Area I-195 (East Bound): 15.3 mi
- Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 16.6 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 16.8 mi
- Roger Williams Spring: 17.6 mi
- Crystal Spring: 24.8 mi
- Rock Falls: 17.1 mi
- Cascade Brook Falls: 23.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.4 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 | NNW 337° | 163 m | 11.6 mi |
| Bluff Hill | NNW 335° | 138 m | 11.0 mi |
| High Rock | NW 307° | 127 m | 10.4 mi |
| Pinnacle Hill | WNW 301° | 126 m | 11.6 mi |
| Red Brush Hill | WNW 289° | 124 m | 13.4 mi |
| Rattlesnake Hill | N 354° | 122 m | 8.4 mi |
| Knuckup Hill | WNW 300° | 119 m | 12.1 mi |
| Sunrise Hill | WNW 283° | 118.87 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 | 06:33 | 18:07 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 15:32 | 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, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29831065
Day trips start here
- Taunton · 5 mi
- Bristol-Norfolk · 7 mi
- Mansfield · 7 mi
- Attleboro · 8 mi
- Bridgewater · 8 mi
- Foxborough · 9 mi
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