Nature reserve · Massachusetts
Kempton Meadows
Kempton Meadows is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Copicut Hill stands 109 m to the northwest, 13 miles off. Paradise Ave and Other Roads passes 21 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 1994
What to expect
- Access
- restricted
How to reach it
Coordinates41.60358, -70.85213
- 20.7 mi off the Paradise Ave and Other Roads
- 20.8 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 21.4 mi off the Old King's Highway (Route 6A), National
- 21.5 mi off the Route 114 and High Street
Overlooks nearby
- Gaspee Point Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Kempton Meadows: 0.1 mi
- Deacons Cove: 0.1 mi
- Round Island: 0.2 mi
- Round Island: 0.2 mi
- Viveiros Farm: 0.2 mi
Parks
- Macomber Pimental Park: 1.4 mi
- South Shore Marshes Wildlife Management Area: 1.7 mi
- Camp Echo: 2.3 mi
- Fort Taber Park: 2.8 mi
- Fort Phoenix Beach State Reservation: 2.8 mi
Beaches
- Brant Beach: 2.2 mi
- Medeiros Beach: 2.6 mi
- Noname Beach: 3.2 mi
- Grand Vue Beach: 3.4 mi
- Mattapoisett Town Beach: 4.4 mi
Historic sites: 60
- New Bedford Merchant Mariners: 2.6 mi
- Battery Walcott: 2.6 mi
- Battery Gaston: 2.6 mi
- World War II: 2.7 mi
- Honoring The Women in Military Service: 2.7 mi
Peaks
- Round Hill: 5.9 mi
- Tinkham Hill: 6.4 mi
- Mendall Hill: 6.9 mi
- Tarkiln Hill: 7.0 mi
- Pinnacle Rock: 8.9 mi
Museums: 55
- Fort Taber-Fort Rodman military Museum: 2.7 mi
- New Bedford Fire Museum: 4.2 mi
- New Bedford Whaling Museum: 4.3 mi
- Mariner's Home: 4.3 mi
- New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center: 4.3 mi
Attractions: 34
- Buzzards Bay Coalition: 4.2 mi
- Rodman Candleworks: 4.3 mi
- Seamen's Bethel: 4.3 mi
- New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park Visitor Center: 4.3 mi
- Path Continues: 9.6 mi
Cliffs: 25
- The Cliffs: 8.7 mi
- Nobska Point: 10.1 mi
- South Bluff: 10.2 mi
- Falmouth Cliffs: 10.9 mi
- South Bluff: 11.0 mi
Gardens: 20
- Rotch- Jones-Duff House & Garden Museum: 4.4 mi
- Helfand Farm Community Gardens: 7.8 mi
- Woodcart Garden: 9.9 mi
- Garden of Our Lady: 10.8 mi
- Spohr Public Gardens: 11.7 mi
Artworks: 17
- Spinwinder: 8.2 mi
- Rachel Carson: 10.8 mi
- Whale Tail: 10.8 mi
- Helen Keller: 10.8 mi
- Tree of Bike: 13.6 mi
Lighthouses: 7
- Clark's Point Light: 2.6 mi
- Nobska Point Light: 11.9 mi
- West Chop Light: 15.6 mi
- Keeper's House: 15.6 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 15.6 mi
Rest areas: 6
- Rest Area SR-25 Welcome Center: 17.4 mi
- Rest Area I-195 (East Bound): 22.7 mi
- Rest Area I-195 (West Bound): 23.0 mi
- truck pull-off: 24.0 mi
- truck pull-off: 24.2 mi
Picnic sites: 2
- Bourne Recreation Area: 16.8 mi
- Herring Run Recreational Area: 19.1 mi
Springs: 1
- Crystal Spring: 5.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.1 miles of Kempton Meadows. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copicut Hill | NW 307° | 109 m | 13.5 mi |
| Pocasset Hill | W 281° | 95 m | 17.9 mi |
| Peaked Hill | SSE 161° | 94.8 m | 18.0 mi |
| Pine Hill | ENE 64° | 93 m | 16.5 mi |
| Cook Hill | WNW 283° | 85 m | 17.8 mi |
| Avery Hill | ENE 60° | 80 m | 17.6 mi |
| Prospect Hill | SSE 162° | 78 m | 17.3 mi |
| Townsend Hill | WNW 286° | 77 m | 17.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:48 | 18:19 | 18:56 |
| June solstice | 05:10 | 19:40 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 06:31 | 18:06 | 18:43 |
| December solstice | 07:08 | 15:32 | 16:17 |
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 | 30 | 31 | 38 | 48 | 59 | 69 | 76 | 74 | 67 | 56 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 4.1 | 5.3 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 5.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Bedford Coop, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29695726
Day trips start here
- SouthCoast · 2 mi
- Mattapoisett · 4 mi
- New Bedford · 5 mi
- Dartmouth · 6 mi
- Marion · 8 mi
- Rochester · 9 mi
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