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Mansfield Pond

Mansfield Pond from directly overhead

Mansfield Pond is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 79 m. Wadkin Hill stands 224 m to the west, 9.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Tucker Cove, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. Great and Breakneck Hill Roads passes 11 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.01897, -71.58291

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Kendall Dean School: 1.2 mi
  • Slatersville Village Green: 1.3 mi
  • Carroll Park: 1.3 mi
  • Pacheco Park: 1.3 mi
  • Halliwell: 1.4 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
Museums
Artworks
  • Statue of Hachikō: 3.7 mi
  • Statue: 8.9 mi
  • Veritas Eternaliter Juvenis (truth is eternally young): 14.2 mi
  • McGlynn Sculpture Court: 14.4 mi
  • Hoyt Statue: 14.9 mi
Attractions
  • Cumberlandite: 6.6 mi
  • Fat Man's Misery: 10.1 mi
  • Devil's Corncrib: 10.1 mi
  • Teetering Rock: 11.4 mi
  • Chattering Rock: 11.5 mi
Gardens: 45
  • Janet Colby Memorial Garden: 7.0 mi
  • Eric J. Cook Memorial Garden: 7.1 mi
  • Rain Gardens: 11.5 mi
  • Julia's Garden: 13.9 mi
  • Manton Bend Community Garden: 15.4 mi
Beaches: 39
Picnic sites: 20
  • Site #36: 10.8 mi
  • 1: 13.7 mi
  • 36: 13.8 mi
  • 16-34: 13.8 mi
  • 2: 13.8 mi
Cliffs: 16
Rest areas: 6
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 8.9 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 9.0 mi
  • Thirsty Beaver: 10.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 15.1 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 15.6 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Cascade Brook Falls: 9.7 mi
  • Ponogansett Falls: 16.4 mi
  • Cargill Falls: 18.3 mi
  • Spencer Rock Waterfall: 24.1 mi
Springs: 1
  • Roger Williams Spring: 15.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of Mansfield Pond. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Wadkin HillW 280°224 m9.2 mi
Tourtellotte HillSSW 203°213 m9.4 mi
Bald HillWNW 286°210 m6.8 mi
Wolf HillWSW 238°204 m8.7 mi
Wallum Pond HillW 276°202 m9.2 mi
Absalona HillSSW 194°198 m8.1 mi
Keech HillSSW 194°194 m7.2 mi
Woonsocket HillSSE 152°180 m3.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2218:59
June solstice05:1219:4420:26
September equinox06:3418:0918:45
December solstice07:1215:3316:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283138495968747265534334
Precip in4.43.74.94.73.64.33.64.04.25.14.25.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Woonsocket, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29769564

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