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Joseph Cohen Conservation Land

Joseph Cohen Conservation Land from directly overhead

Joseph Cohen Conservation Land is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 54 m. Peppercorn Hill stands 174 m to the west-southwest, 6.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Mellen Street Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 11 miles off.

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What to expect

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Getting there

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Coordinates42.21782, -71.43311

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Goodwill Park: 1.3 mi
  • Patoma Park: 2.0 mi
  • Stoddard Park: 2.2 mi
  • Bates Park: 3.0 mi
  • Stone Park: 3.3 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Attractions
Artworks
  • Hoyt Statue: 4.4 mi
  • George V. Brown Memorial: 4.4 mi
  • Zullo Gallery: 6.9 mi
  • Statue: 7.1 mi
  • horseshoe sculpture: 7.8 mi
Gardens
  • Community gardens of John J. Lane Park: 5.6 mi
  • Community Garden Southborough: 6.4 mi
  • Olmstead Italianate Garden: 7.6 mi
  • Bressingham Garden: 7.6 mi
  • Native Plant and Historic Daffodil Garden: 7.7 mi
Beaches: 54
Cliffs: 40
  • The Wall: 4.5 mi
  • Condo Rock: 4.7 mi
  • Falling Rock Ridge: 8.9 mi
  • Lunch Wall: 15.0 mi
  • Pusherman Wall: 15.1 mi
Picnic sites: 40
  • Picnic Site 9: 14.6 mi
  • Picnic Site 10: 14.6 mi
  • Picnic Site 11: 14.6 mi
  • Picnic Site 8: 14.6 mi
  • Picnic Site 12: 14.7 mi
Rest areas: 7
  • Westwood Rest Area: 14.1 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 16.4 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 16.6 mi
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 19.2 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 19.2 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Rock Falls: 22.1 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 24.1 mi
  • Cascade Brook Falls: 24.4 mi
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 18.7 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 22.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.4 miles of Joseph Cohen Conservation Land. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Peppercorn HillWSW 252°174 m6.9 mi
Magomiscock HillSW 233°171 m7.2 mi
Bear HillW 263°170 m7.3 mi
Saddle HillWNW 292°158 m5.9 mi
Bear HillSSW 212°141 m6.8 mi
Fairview HillNW 311°140 m7.3 mi
Rocky Woods RangeSW 226°137 m5.0 mi
Snow HillE 87°137 m7.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:1019:4420:26
September equinox06:3418:0818:45
December solstice07:1215:3216:17

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, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29775832

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