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Lincoln School

Lincoln School from directly overhead

Lincoln School is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 57 m. Snow Hill stands 137 m to the south-southeast, 4.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Coolidge Park, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 8.5 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.28395, -71.33604

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Coolidge Field: 0.4 mi
  • Natick Common: 0.5 mi
  • Albee E. Loker Park: 0.9 mi
  • Navy Yard Playground: 0.9 mi
  • Shaw Park: 1.3 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
Beaches
  • Morses Pond Beach: 1.3 mi
  • Memorial Beach: 1.5 mi
  • Learned Pond Beach: 4.2 mi
  • Shapiro Beach: 5.7 mi
  • Powissett Beach: 5.8 mi
Museums
Gardens
  • Olmstead Italianate Garden: 1.6 mi
  • Native Plant and Historic Daffodil Garden: 1.6 mi
  • Bressingham Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Teaching Herb Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Rhododendron Garden: 1.7 mi
Attractions
  • Boston Marathon - Wellesley Scream Tunnel: 1.7 mi
  • Fairy Rock: 2.3 mi
  • Elephant Rock: 2.6 mi
  • Foundation & Chimney: 4.0 mi
  • Martini Junction: 4.5 mi
Artworks
Cliffs: 43
  • Falling Rock Ridge: 7.1 mi
  • Lunch Wall: 8.5 mi
  • Pusherman Wall: 8.6 mi
  • Temple Overhangs: 8.7 mi
  • The Alcove: 8.7 mi
Picnic sites: 42
  • Picnic Site 9: 8.0 mi
  • Picnic Site 10: 8.0 mi
  • Picnic Site 11: 8.0 mi
  • Picnic Site 8: 8.0 mi
  • Picnic Site 12: 8.1 mi
Rest areas: 7
  • Westwood Rest Area: 10.2 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 14.4 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 19.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 19.6 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 24.4 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 3
  • Pakomet Spring: 14.7 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 15.8 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 20.8 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cascade Falls: 17.3 mi
  • Rock Falls: 18.0 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 23.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.9 miles of Lincoln School. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Snow HillSSE 149°137 m4.8 mi
Cedar HillSSE 147°134 m5.7 mi
Pegan HillSE 144°125 m2.8 mi
Reeves HillN 350°122 m4.3 mi
Brush HillSW 228°121 m3.3 mi
Strawberry HillSE 129°114 m5.3 mi
Long HillWSW 238°113 m6.3 mi
Powissett PeakSE 132°112 m5.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:1019:4320:26
September equinox06:3318:0818:45
December solstice07:1215:3116:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262836475766727062514132
Precip in3.43.13.94.13.84.13.93.84.24.83.74.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Natick, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29830480

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