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Kent St Marshes

Kent St Marshes from directly overhead

Kent St Marshes is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Carolina Hill stands 77 m to the south, 4.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Kent Street Marshes, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 21 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.18842, -70.72236

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Town Marina: 0.4 mi
  • Roach Field: 1.4 mi
  • Cudworth Field: 1.8 mi
  • Central Field: 1.9 mi
  • Kapland Land/Teak Sherman Park: 2.5 mi
Attractions
  • Mann Farmhouse: 0.5 mi
  • South Shore Natural Science Center: 6.4 mi
  • Pembroke Herring Run: 8.7 mi
  • South Shore Model Railroad Club: 10.4 mi
  • Herring Run: 10.6 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
  • Coleman Hills: 0.9 mi
  • Brushy Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Walnut Tree Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Doctors Hill: 2.3 mi
  • Mann Hill: 2.8 mi
Beaches
Artworks
Cliffs: 36
Lighthouses: 8
Picnic sites: 7
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Area: 11.7 mi
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Table Area: 11.7 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 15.9 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 20.3 mi
  • Oak Lea: 20.4 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 5.7 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 5.7 mi
  • Massachusetts Tourist Information Center: 17.7 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 21.4 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 22.4 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Rock Falls: 14.4 mi
Springs: 1
  • Pakomet Spring: 17.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.6 miles of Kent St Marshes. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Carolina HillS 184°77 m4.4 mi
Prospect HillW 273°72 m6.9 mi
Judges HillW 273°71 m5.1 mi
Mount BlueW 269°66 m5.4 mi
Black Pond HillW 263°64 m4.3 mi
Telegraph HillSSE 165°61 m5.2 mi
Marshfield HillsSSW 206°58 m4.2 mi
Paradise HillWSW 249°58 m5.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4718:1818:55
June solstice05:0819:4120:23
September equinox06:3118:0518:42
December solstice07:0915:2916:14

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303238485867737265544435
Precip in4.54.05.44.63.84.03.63.83.95.24.45.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hingham, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29690625

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