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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 18 m. Bluff Hill stands 138 m to the northwest, 14 miles off. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 15 miles off.

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Getting there

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Coordinates41.97854, -71.01845

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Scotland Little League Field: 0.8 mi
  • Legion Field: 2.1 mi
  • Central Square Park (Town Common): 2.3 mi
  • Stanley Iron Works Park: 2.4 mi
  • Hewitts Pond Preserve: 2.5 mi
Historic sites
  • Milo monument: 2.7 mi
  • West Bridgewater Civil War Monument: 2.8 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial: 4.6 mi
  • Anchor Monument: 5.0 mi
  • The Old Bay Road: 5.6 mi
Peaks
  • Spragues Hill: 3.3 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 4.9 mi
  • Holmes Knoll: 5.6 mi
  • White Oak Island: 6.2 mi
  • Stonehouse Hill: 6.2 mi
Artworks
  • Pratt Memorial Statue: 3.7 mi
  • Oliver Ames: 7.7 mi
  • The Bell: 8.4 mi
  • Cupid's Kiss Statue: 8.4 mi
  • Myles Standish Legs: 9.2 mi
Attractions
  • Old Shed: 5.5 mi
  • Old Shed: 5.5 mi
  • Path Continues: 6.7 mi
  • To L.A. Foster Wildlife Refuge: 8.1 mi
  • To Woodward Forest: 8.3 mi
Museums
Gardens
Beaches
Cliffs: 39
Picnic sites: 26
Rest areas: 10
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 13.6 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 14.0 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 15.5 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 15.5 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 18.0 mi
Springs: 3
  • Pakomet Spring: 16.1 mi
  • Crystal Spring: 22.5 mi
  • Roger Williams Spring: 22.6 mi
Lighthouses: 2
Waterfalls: 1
  • Rock Falls: 15.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.1 miles of Hockomock Swamp Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bluff HillNW 313°138 m13.8 mi
Rattlesnake HillNW 321°122 m10.0 mi
Dudley HillNW 306°116 m13.7 mi
Pierce HillNW 311°105 m14.1 mi
Foolish HillWNW 296°104 m12.2 mi
Hobbs HillNW 317°104 m13.3 mi
Barefoot HillNW 307°95 m12.0 mi
Cow HillNW 310°92 m11.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:2018:56
June solstice05:0919:4120:24
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:0915:3116:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272936465665716962524234
Precip in4.23.45.24.83.84.14.22.74.35.04.64.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bridgewater, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29830576

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