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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 24 m. Moose Hill stands 163 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 10 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.97464, -71.11956

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Toad Island Park: 0.3 mi
  • Watson Pond State Park: 1.7 mi
  • Wheaton Farm Walking Trails: 2.1 mi
  • Library Park: 3.2 mi
  • New Pond Dam: 3.5 mi
Attractions
  • Old Shed: 0.9 mi
  • Old Shed: 0.9 mi
  • Path Continues: 1.5 mi
  • To L.A. Foster Wildlife Refuge: 3.1 mi
  • To Woodward Forest: 3.4 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
  • Prospect Hill: 2.7 mi
  • Stonehouse Hill: 6.3 mi
  • Shpack Hill: 6.4 mi
  • Moose Hill: 7.1 mi
  • Betty Hill: 7.4 mi
Museums
Gardens
Artworks
  • Oliver Ames: 6.6 mi
  • Pratt Memorial Statue: 7.7 mi
  • "HA HA HA" Sculpture: 8.5 mi
  • "Arts for Everyone" Mural: 8.5 mi
  • Cuddy Court Creatures: 8.7 mi
Beaches
  • Barbara Road Beach: 10.6 mi
  • Whiting's Pond Beach: 11.2 mi
  • Sweatt Beach: 13.8 mi
  • Lingan Street Beach: 14.1 mi
  • Turner Pond Beach: 14.4 mi
Cliffs: 44
Picnic sites: 26
  • Oak Grove: 6.4 mi
  • 12: 10.1 mi
  • 11: 10.1 mi
  • 8: 10.1 mi
  • 7: 10.1 mi
Rest areas: 11
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 8.6 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 8.9 mi
  • Rest Area I-195 (West Bound): 15.6 mi
  • Rest Area I-195 (East Bound): 15.7 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 16.9 mi
Springs: 3
  • Pakomet Spring: 16.4 mi
  • Roger Williams Spring: 18.0 mi
  • Crystal Spring: 24.9 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 16.7 mi
  • Cascade Brook Falls: 24.0 mi
On the horizon

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Moose HillNNW 335°163 m11.4 mi
Bluff HillNNW 333°138 m10.8 mi
High RockNW 305°127 m10.5 mi
Pinnacle HillWNW 299°126 m11.7 mi
Rattlesnake HillN 352°122 m8.1 mi
Knuckup HillWNW 298°119 m12.2 mi
Sunrise HillW 280°118.87 m10.1 mi
Dudley HillNW 325°116 m10.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:1019:4220:24
September equinox06:3218:0718:44
December solstice07:1015:3216:17

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, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29836754

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