Knowles- Padnaram Reserve
Knowles- Padnaram Reserve is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of -1 m. Copicut Hill stands 109 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Apponagansett Point Recreation Area, a park 0.1 miles away. Paradise Ave and Other Roads passes 15 miles off.
This property consists of open salt marsh habitat including a portion of salt marsh pond. Much of the habitat is dominated by low bushes and small trees, especially red cedar. The area is filled with flowers in the summer and provides a year long refuge f
What the record says
- Built
- 1978-12-29
What to expect
- Operated by
- Dartmouth Natural Resources Trust
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 15.2 mi off the Paradise Ave and Other Roads
- 15.6 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 16.5 mi off the Route 114 and High Street
- 25.6 mi off the Veteran's Memorial Parkway
Overlooks nearby
- Gaspee Point Overlook · 25 mi
- Prospect Terrace Viewpoint · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Apponagansett Point Recreation Area: 0.1 mi
- Crapo Field: 1.5 mi
- Crapo Field: 1.6 mi
- Mothas Park: 1.7 mi
- Jones Park: 2.0 mi
- Knowles Reserve: 0.2 mi
- Knowles Beach: 0.3 mi
- Fay Cr: 0.3 mi
- Knowles Beach: 0.3 mi
- Knowles Beach: 0.4 mi
- Barn Foundation: 2.1 mi
- Battery Milliken: 2.6 mi
- Rodney French Memorial: 2.6 mi
- Battery Barton: 2.7 mi
- Battery Craig: 2.7 mi
- Doll Museum: 2.5 mi
- Fort Taber-Fort Rodman military Museum: 2.9 mi
- New Bedford Fire Museum: 3.5 mi
- New Bedford Art Museum: 3.9 mi
- Mariner's Home: 4.0 mi
- Noname Beach: 2.6 mi
- Round Hill Beach: 3.1 mi
- Round Hill Beach: 3.1 mi
- Round Hill Beach: 3.1 mi
- Medeiros Beach: 3.1 mi
- Round Hill: 3.2 mi
- Pinnacle Rock: 4.2 mi
- Tarkiln Hill: 7.0 mi
- Sherman Hill: 7.4 mi
- Ridge Hill: 8.6 mi
- Seamen's Bethel: 4.0 mi
- New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park Visitor Center: 4.0 mi
- Buzzards Bay Coalition: 4.0 mi
- Rodman Candleworks: 4.0 mi
- Bumber Boats: 6.0 mi
- South Bluff: 12.7 mi
- South Bluff: 13.1 mi
- The Cliffs: 13.9 mi
- Nobska Point: 14.2 mi
- Ferry Cliff: 16.2 mi
- Spinwinder: 4.3 mi
- Commonwealth Park "Green Monstah" Mural: 13.9 mi
- Rachel Carson: 15.2 mi
- Whale Tail: 15.2 mi
- Helen Keller: 15.3 mi
- Helfand Farm Community Gardens: 3.3 mi
- Rotch- Jones-Duff House & Garden Museum: 3.6 mi
- Woodcart Garden: 5.9 mi
- Ecological Oasis: 12.4 mi
- Burchard Triangle: 13.0 mi
- Clark's Point Light: 2.9 mi
- Nobska Point Light: 16.2 mi
- West Chop Light: 19.7 mi
- Keeper's House: 19.7 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 19.7 mi
- Rest Area I-195 (East Bound): 19.1 mi
- Rest Area I-195 (West Bound): 19.4 mi
- Rest Area SR-25 Welcome Center: 22.4 mi
- Crystal Spring: 9.4 mi
- Plum Point Spring: 24.2 mi
- Bourne Recreation Area: 22.1 mi
- Herring Run Recreational Area: 24.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.9 miles of Knowles- Padnaram Reserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copicut Hill | NNW 331° | 109 m | 11.0 mi |
| Pocasset Hill | WNW 292° | 95 m | 13.1 mi |
| Slate Hill | W 260° | 87 m | 16.3 mi |
| Cook Hill | WNW 294° | 85 m | 13.1 mi |
| Townsend Hill | WNW 298° | 77 m | 13.3 mi |
| Townsend Hill | WNW 298° | 77 m | 13.3 mi |
| Turkey Hill | W 273° | 69 m | 15.9 mi |
| Ridge Hill | NNW 335° | 64 m | 8.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:48 | 18:19 | 18:56 |
| June solstice | 05:11 | 19:40 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:06 | 18:43 |
| December solstice | 07:08 | 15:33 | 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.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/29695170
Day trips start here
- Dartmouth · 2 mi
- New Bedford · 5 mi
- Westport · 6 mi
- SouthCoast · 7 mi
- Mattapoisett · 9 mi
- Little Compton · 12 mi
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