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Hopping Brook

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Hopping Brook from directly overhead

Hopping Brook is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 70 m. Pratt Hill stands 181 m to the west, 7.8 miles off. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 11 miles off.

Getting there

How to reach it

Coordinates42.16920, -71.46404

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Attractions
Historic sites
Parks
  • Idylbrook Park: 1.5 mi
  • NEMBA Land: 2.0 mi
  • Teeter Totter: 2.0 mi
  • Choate Park: 2.3 mi
  • Choate Park: 2.4 mi
Peaks
Artworks
  • Statue: 3.6 mi
  • Hoyt Statue: 5.0 mi
  • George V. Brown Memorial: 5.0 mi
  • Zullo Gallery: 8.3 mi
  • horseshoe sculpture: 10.0 mi
Museums
Gardens
  • Community Garden Southborough: 8.5 mi
  • Community gardens of John J. Lane Park: 9.3 mi
  • Southborough Town Pound: 10.1 mi
  • Janet Colby Memorial Garden: 10.6 mi
  • Eric J. Cook Memorial Garden: 10.7 mi
Beaches: 43
Picnic sites: 37
  • 36: 13.9 mi
  • 1: 13.9 mi
  • 35: 13.9 mi
  • 16-34: 13.9 mi
  • 15: 14.0 mi
Cliffs: 36
  • The Wall: 1.7 mi
  • Condo Rock: 2.0 mi
  • Falling Rock Ridge: 12.2 mi
  • King Philip Cave: 15.7 mi
  • King Philip Rock: 15.8 mi
Rest areas: 7
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 14.5 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 14.6 mi
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 15.8 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 15.9 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 16.0 mi
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 20.5 mi
  • Roger Williams Spring: 23.6 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Cascade Brook Falls: 20.7 mi
  • Rock Falls: 23.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.9 miles of Hopping Brook. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pratt HillW 277°181 m7.8 mi
Misoe HillWSW 244°180 m6.6 mi
Peppercorn HillWNW 284°174 m5.1 mi
Magomiscock HillWSW 256°171 m4.3 mi
Bear HillWNW 294°170 m6.2 mi
Christian HillW 274°160 m5.8 mi
Saddle HillNW 325°158 m6.8 mi
Pond HillSW 231°156 m7.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:1119:4420:26
September equinox06:3418:0818:45
December solstice07:1215:3216:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485867737164524233
Precip in4.13.34.64.83.94.53.53.94.25.13.84.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — West Medway, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29783154

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