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Lake Shore Conservation Land

Lake Shore Conservation Land from directly overhead

Lake Shore Conservation Land is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 54 m. Great Blue Hill stands 193 m to the east, 5.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Perry Crouse Pond Conservation Land, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 1.8 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1969
Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.21202, -71.22994

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Buckmaster Pond Park: 0.3 mi
  • Buckmaster Pond: 0.3 mi
  • Westwood Veterans' Park: 0.5 mi
  • Pheasant Hill Park: 0.9 mi
  • Deerfield School Park: 1.1 mi
Peaks
Gardens
Beaches
  • South Beach: 1.5 mi
  • North Beach: 1.7 mi
  • Powissett Beach: 1.7 mi
  • Shapiro Beach: 1.8 mi
  • Turner Pond Beach: 4.6 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Attractions
  • Foundation & Chimney: 3.6 mi
  • Martini Junction: 4.2 mi
  • 2: 5.6 mi
  • 1: 5.6 mi
  • 13: 5.9 mi
Artworks
Cliffs: 51
  • Breakneck Ledge: 6.6 mi
  • The Alcove: 8.2 mi
  • Upper Cliff: 8.2 mi
  • Lower Cliff: 8.3 mi
  • Pusherman Wall: 8.4 mi
Picnic sites: 40
  • Nature's Pavilion: 9.6 mi
  • Oak Lea: 9.6 mi
  • Pine Knoll: 9.7 mi
  • Oak Grove: 10.9 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 11.9 mi
Rest areas: 8
  • Westwood Rest Area: 3.7 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 12.9 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 14.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 14.8 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 21.8 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 8.3 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 16.7 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 11.7 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 17.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.0 miles of Lake Shore Conservation Land. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great Blue HillE 90°193 m5.9 mi
Moose HillS 172°163 m6.1 mi
Hancock HillE 86°155 m6.9 mi
Hemenway HillE 87°140 m6.7 mi
Bluff HillS 174°138 m6.9 mi
Snow HillWNW 286°137 m3.1 mi
Cedar HillW 275°134 m2.4 mi
Wolcott HillE 88°132 m6.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:0919:4320:25
September equinox06:3318:0718:44
December solstice07:1115:3116:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303239506069747265534435
Precip in3.42.83.74.03.33.93.03.63.84.53.74.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norwood MEM AP, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29744300

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