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Kennard Conservation Area

Kennard Conservation Area from directly overhead

Kennard Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 41 m. Little Prospect stands 133 m to the northwest, 6.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Kennard Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 3.1 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Newton
Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.31109, -71.18038

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Kennard Park: 0.1 mi
  • Skyline Park: 0.6 mi
  • Hammond Pond Parkway: 0.7 mi
  • Horace James Circle: 0.9 mi
  • West Roxbury Parkway: 0.9 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Museums
Beaches
  • Crystal Lake Beach: 1.5 mi
  • North Beach: 5.9 mi
  • South Beach: 6.2 mi
  • Powissett Beach: 6.3 mi
  • Shapiro Beach: 6.4 mi
Attractions
Historic sites
  • 9/11 Memorial: 1.6 mi
  • Soldiers Monument: 2.1 mi
  • War Memorial: 2.4 mi
  • Rabbi Joseph Shalom Memorial: 2.5 mi
  • Historic Springhouse: 2.6 mi
Artworks
Gardens
  • Yvonne’s Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Bob's Island: 3.1 mi
  • Bradley Rosaceous Collection: 3.2 mi
  • Jamaica Pond Park Rain Garden: 3.2 mi
  • Jamaica Pond Park Rain Garden: 3.2 mi
Cliffs: 43
  • The Alcove: 0.9 mi
  • Upper Cliff: 0.9 mi
  • Lower Cliff: 1.0 mi
  • Temple Overhangs: 1.1 mi
  • Pusherman Wall: 1.1 mi
Picnic sites: 42
  • Oak Lea: 4.6 mi
  • Pine Knoll: 4.7 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 4.7 mi
  • Picnic Site 11: 6.3 mi
  • Picnic Site 10: 6.3 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Commissioners Landing: 6.4 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 6.6 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 21.4 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 22.1 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 24.4 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 3
  • Pakomet Spring: 9.1 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 9.4 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 22.0 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cascade Falls: 10.7 mi
  • Rock Falls: 11.9 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 22.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.4 miles of Kennard Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Little ProspectNW 323°133 m6.4 mi
Doublet HillWNW 298°108 m5.5 mi
High RockSSW 205°104 m6.2 mi
Maugus HillW 269°101 m4.5 mi
Single Tree HillENE 60°100 m1.7 mi
Waban HillN 9°98 m2.0 mi
Fox HillSSW 197°95 m6.1 mi
Bellevue HillSE 142°94 m3.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:0919:4320:26
September equinox06:3318:0718:44
December solstice07:1115:3016:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038495968747365534334
Precip in3.93.64.54.33.64.23.53.74.05.04.05.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jamaica Plain, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29869315

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