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Lamson Rd Station

Lamson Rd Station from directly overhead

Lamson Rd Station is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 65 m. Great Blue Hill stands 193 m to the north-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Fairbanks Road Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 3.0 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.07471, -71.21299

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Gavin's Pond Soccer Complex: 0.7 mi
  • Foxborough Common: 2.0 mi
  • Frank I. Sullivan Recreational Area: 2.4 mi
  • Deborah Sampson Park: 2.8 mi
  • Mansfield Memorial Park: 2.9 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
Attractions
  • King Philip Rock: 1.6 mi
  • Ames Boulder: 2.8 mi
  • Old Shed: 7.6 mi
  • Old Shed: 7.6 mi
  • Path Continues: 7.9 mi
Museums
Artworks
  • Tom Brady: 2.9 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 3.2 mi
  • Deborah Sampson: 4.0 mi
  • Oliver Ames: 5.5 mi
  • TOOTHY!!!: 6.0 mi
Gardens
Beaches
  • Turner Pond Beach: 6.0 mi
  • Sweatt Beach: 7.3 mi
  • Whiting's Pond Beach: 8.4 mi
  • Barbara Road Beach: 9.3 mi
  • Fishermans Beach: 10.0 mi
Cliffs: 43
  • King Philip Cave: 1.4 mi
  • King Philip Rock: 1.6 mi
  • Breakneck Ledge: 11.5 mi
  • The Shield: 14.0 mi
  • S Wall: 14.8 mi
Picnic sites: 39
  • Oak Grove: 2.6 mi
  • 35: 7.3 mi
  • 36: 7.3 mi
  • 15: 7.3 mi
  • 16-34: 7.3 mi
Rest areas: 11
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 5.7 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 6.4 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 10.3 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 15.1 mi
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 15.1 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 11.9 mi
  • Roger Williams Spring: 19.7 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 13.8 mi
  • Cascade Brook Falls: 22.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.2 miles of Lamson Rd Station. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great Blue HillNNE 28°193 m10.7 mi
Moose HillN 359°163 m3.4 mi
Bluff HillN 356°138 m2.7 mi
Bucks HillWSW 254°137 m10.2 mi
Snow HillNNW 340°137 m11.0 mi
Cedar HillNNW 342°134 m10.2 mi
Wolcott HillNNE 29°132 m11.1 mi
Houghton HillNNE 32°129 m11.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:1019:4220:25
September equinox06:3318:0718:44
December solstice07:1115:3216:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272936475766727163514233
Precip in4.43.85.44.73.64.33.53.84.15.14.55.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norton W, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29836407

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