Keenes Brook Conservation Area
Keenes Brook Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 18 m. Monks Hill stands 83 m to the south-southeast, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Keene's Brook Area Conservation Land, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 24 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Duxbury Conservation Commission
- Access
- restricted
How to reach it
- 24.2 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 25.4 mi off the Old King's Highway (Route 6A), National
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 25 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 27 mi
- Lookout Point · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Keene's Brook Area Conservation Land: 0.2 mi
- Town Land: 0.5 mi
- Town Land: 0.7 mi
- Town Land: 0.9 mi
- Ashdod Forest: 1.0 mi
- Camp Wing: 0.4 mi
- Ada F. Hall House: 2.2 mi
- Veteran's Memorial Park: 2.4 mi
- South River Park: 2.5 mi
- Herring Run Historical Park: 2.5 mi
- Long Hill: 1.4 mi
- Pudding Hill: 2.2 mi
- Tea Rock Hill: 2.5 mi
- Waiting Hill: 2.8 mi
- Till Rock: 3.4 mi
- Town of Marshfield Veterans Honor Roll: 2.5 mi
- Coast Guard Hill Recreation Area: 4.8 mi
- Myles Standish Monument: 5.5 mi
- Dedication to Park Donator: 5.6 mi
- Myles Standish Cellar Hole: 6.1 mi
- Art Complex Museum: 3.9 mi
- Alden House Historic Site: 4.0 mi
- Daniel Webster Law Office Museum: 4.2 mi
- Duxbury Rural & Historical Society: 4.8 mi
- Windsor House Museum: 4.8 mi
- Shipyard Lane Beach: 5.3 mi
- Standish Shore: 5.8 mi
- Captain's Flats: 6.6 mi
- Lingan Street Beach: 6.9 mi
- Saquish Beach: 8.5 mi
- Craig M. Simeone Square: 11.6 mi
- Vintage Willow Tree Grover: 12.0 mi
- Rock Garden: 12.0 mi
- Greentree Lane Garden: 12.1 mi
- South Shore Health System Community Garden: 12.3 mi
- Myles Standish Legs: 6.1 mi
- Scituate Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument: 8.8 mi
- Pilgrim Mother Statue: 9.1 mi
- Massasoit: 9.2 mi
- William Bradford Statue: 9.2 mi
- Pembroke Herring Run: 2.4 mi
- South Shore Natural Science Center: 7.7 mi
- Mann Farmhouse: 8.0 mi
- Mayflower Experience: 9.1 mi
- Mayflower II: 9.1 mi
- Fourth Cliff: 6.6 mi
- High Cliff: 7.6 mi
- Third Cliff: 7.7 mi
- Second Cliff: 8.5 mi
- First Cliff: 9.0 mi
- Stella Tirrell Picnic Table Area: 12.2 mi
- Stella Tirrell Picnic Area: 12.2 mi
- Babcock Arboretum: 19.1 mi
- Oak Grove: 21.0 mi
- Herring Run Recreational Area: 22.9 mi
- Plymouth Light: 9.2 mi
- Pumphouse: 9.2 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 19.0 mi
- Boston Light: 19.0 mi
- Oil Shed: 19.0 mi
- State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 3.5 mi
- State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 3.5 mi
- Massachusetts Tourist Information Center: 10.5 mi
- Rest Area SR-25 Welcome Center: 21.4 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 23.0 mi
- Rock Falls: 15.5 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 18.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.5 miles of Keenes Brook Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monks Hill | SSE 168° | 83 m | 7.8 mi |
| Carolina Hill | NNE 19° | 77 m | 3.9 mi |
| Prospect Hill | NNW 328° | 72 m | 9.9 mi |
| Judges Hill | NNW 338° | 71 m | 9.0 mi |
| Mount Blue | NNW 335° | 66 m | 8.8 mi |
| Black Pond Hill | NNW 341° | 64 m | 8.0 mi |
| Locust Hill | W 277° | 62 m | 10.5 mi |
| Telegraph Hill | NE 45° | 61 m | 4.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:47 | 18:18 | 18:55 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:41 | 20:23 |
| September equinox | 06:31 | 18:05 | 18:42 |
| December solstice | 07:09 | 15:30 | 16:15 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 33 | 39 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 56 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 4.8 | 4.2 | 5.8 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 5.0 | 4.4 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Plymouth-kingston, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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