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Holmquist Farm

Holmquist Farm from directly overhead

Holmquist Farm is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 57 m. Moose Hill stands 163 m to the east-southeast, 4.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Jameson Lots, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 2.5 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.15375, -71.28067

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Beaches
  • Turner Pond Beach: 0.7 mi
  • Shapiro Beach: 5.8 mi
  • South Beach: 5.8 mi
  • Powissett Beach: 5.8 mi
  • North Beach: 6.1 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
Parks
  • Blackburn Common: 1.6 mi
  • Blackburn Memorial Park: 1.6 mi
  • Spring Brook Park: 1.6 mi
  • Memorial Pond Park Area: 1.8 mi
  • Baxter Park: 2.6 mi
Museums
Attractions
  • 2: 2.0 mi
  • 1: 2.0 mi
  • 13: 2.4 mi
  • 14: 2.4 mi
  • 15: 2.5 mi
Artworks
  • Zullo Gallery: 2.6 mi
  • Tom Brady: 4.3 mi
  • Deborah Sampson: 5.6 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 6.1 mi
  • TOOTHY!!!: 8.2 mi
Gardens
Cliffs: 45
  • King Philip Rock: 7.3 mi
  • King Philip Cave: 7.4 mi
  • Breakneck Ledge: 10.2 mi
  • The Wall: 11.2 mi
  • Condo Rock: 11.4 mi
Picnic sites: 39
  • Oak Grove: 8.7 mi
  • 36: 10.7 mi
  • 35: 10.7 mi
  • 16-34: 10.7 mi
  • 1: 10.7 mi
Rest areas: 7
  • Westwood Rest Area: 7.7 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 10.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 10.5 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 17.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 17.0 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 3
  • Pakomet Spring: 11.6 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 21.5 mi
  • Roger Williams Spring: 23.3 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Rock Falls: 14.6 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 22.7 mi
  • Cascade Brook Falls: 24.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.5 miles of Holmquist Farm. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Moose HillESE 121°163 m4.0 mi
Bluff HillSE 130°138 m4.3 mi
Snow HillN 355°137 m4.9 mi
Cedar HillN 3°134 m4.2 mi
High RockS 183°127 m6.4 mi
Pinnacle HillSSW 196°126 m6.9 mi
Pegan HillN 350°125 m6.8 mi
Rattlesnake HillESE 122°122 m8.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:1019:4320:25
September equinox06:3318:0718:44
December solstice07:1115:3216:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038495968737264534334
Precip in3.93.44.84.43.64.23.64.03.75.04.15.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Walpole 2, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/913312607

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