Hockomock Swamp Wildlife Management Area
Hockomock Swamp Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 29 m. Moose Hill stands 163 m to the northwest, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Tanglewood Estates Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 10 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 10.0 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 17.9 mi off the Great and Breakneck Hill Roads
- 19.7 mi off the Veteran's Memorial Parkway
- 21.6 mi off the Route 114 and High Street
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Ledge · 10 mi
- Lookout Point · 11 mi
- Prospect Terrace Viewpoint · 20 mi
- Skywalk Observatory · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Wheaton Farm Walking Trails: 1.0 mi
- Blackbrook Nature Reserve: 1.2 mi
- Blackbrook Nature Reserve: 1.2 mi
- Blackbrook Nature Reserve: 1.2 mi
- Blackbrook Nature Reserve: 1.2 mi
- The Old Bay Road: 1.0 mi
- Civil War Monument: 1.6 mi
- World War I Memorial: 3.6 mi
- World War II Memorial: 3.7 mi
- Veteran's Memorial Park: 3.8 mi
- Old Shed: 2.1 mi
- Old Shed: 2.1 mi
- Path Continues: 3.8 mi
- Ames Boulder: 4.5 mi
- To L.A. Foster Wildlife Refuge: 5.4 mi
- Stonehouse Hill: 3.6 mi
- Prospect Hill: 5.2 mi
- Rattlesnake Hill: 5.7 mi
- Cow Hill: 6.3 mi
- Barefoot Hill: 7.0 mi
- Children's Museum Easton: 3.7 mi
- Old Colony History Museum: 7.8 mi
- Sharon Historical Society: 8.5 mi
- The Patriots Hall of Fame: 9.9 mi
- Attleboro Arts Museum: 10.2 mi
- Oliver Ames: 3.9 mi
- EARLY HISTORY OF STOUGHTON MURAL: 7.7 mi
- Japanese Garden: 7.7 mi
- Welcome to Camp Christina: 8.2 mi
- TOOTHY!!!: 8.2 mi
- West Common: 7.3 mi
- Fragrance Gardens: 9.3 mi
- Big A Hedge: 10.3 mi
- Julia's Garden: 10.8 mi
- Katie's Garden: 11.2 mi
- Barbara Road Beach: 11.8 mi
- Whiting's Pond Beach: 12.0 mi
- Fishermans Beach: 12.1 mi
- Turner Pond Beach: 12.7 mi
- Lingan Street Beach: 13.2 mi
- King Philip Cave: 5.9 mi
- King Philip Rock: 6.0 mi
- Breakneck Ledge: 14.2 mi
- King Phillips Lookout: 14.8 mi
- The Shield: 15.4 mi
- Oak Grove: 4.5 mi
- 12: 10.7 mi
- 11: 10.8 mi
- 8: 10.8 mi
- 10: 10.8 mi
- Interstate 95 Rest Area: 9.0 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 9.5 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 14.4 mi
- State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 18.1 mi
- State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 18.1 mi
- Boathouse: 24.3 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 24.3 mi
- Oil Shed: 24.3 mi
- Boston Light: 24.3 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 24.3 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 13.6 mi
- Roger Williams Spring: 20.2 mi
- Rock Falls: 13.9 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moose Hill | NW 324° | 163 m | 9.5 mi |
| Bluff Hill | NW 320° | 138 m | 9.0 mi |
| High Rock | WNW 290° | 127 m | 9.9 mi |
| Pinnacle Hill | WNW 285° | 126 m | 11.4 mi |
| Rattlesnake Hill | NNW 340° | 122 m | 5.7 mi |
| Bald Hill | W 280° | 121 m | 13.5 mi |
| Knuckup Hill | WNW 284° | 119 m | 12.0 mi |
| Sunrise Hill | W 265° | 118.87 m | 10.7 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 | 29 | 36 | 47 | 57 | 66 | 72 | 71 | 63 | 51 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 3.8 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 5.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norton W, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29744548
Day trips start here
- Bristol-Norfolk · 5 mi
- Mansfield · 6 mi
- Bridgewater · 7 mi
- Brockton · 7 mi
- Foxborough · 8 mi
- Stoughton · 8 mi
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