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Mayflower Road Conservation Area

Mayflower Road Conservation Area from directly overhead

Mayflower Road Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 25 m. Manomet Hill stands 114 m to the southeast, 9.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Lehr Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 22 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Duxbury
Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.03484, -70.71337

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Waiting Hill: 0.6 mi
  • North Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Hardin Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Pine Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Captains Hill: 2.2 mi
Parks
  • Annie Drew Dunham Park: 1.4 mi
  • Hunt Park: 2.4 mi
  • Pottle Field: 2.7 mi
  • Sampson Forest & Memorial Park: 3.4 mi
  • Grays Beach Park: 3.4 mi
Historic sites
Beaches
Museums: 54
Cliffs: 33
Attractions: 27
Gardens: 27
Artworks: 25
Lighthouses: 8
Picnic sites: 6
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Table Area: 15.4 mi
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Area: 15.4 mi
  • Herring Run Recreational Area: 19.7 mi
  • Bourne Recreation Area: 20.9 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 22.4 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 6.7 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 6.7 mi
  • Massachusetts Tourist Information Center: 7.3 mi
  • Rest Area SR-25 Welcome Center: 18.3 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Rock Falls: 18.7 mi
Springs: 1
  • Pakomet Spring: 21.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.2 miles of Mayflower Road Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Manomet HillSE 140°114 m9.7 mi
Pine HillsSE 137°95 m9.4 mi
Monks HillS 185°83 m5.1 mi
Carolina HillN 353°77 m6.3 mi
Judges HillNNW 333°71 m12.2 mi
Mount BlueNNW 331°66 m12.0 mi
Flagg HillSSE 160°64 m10.5 mi
Black Pond HillNNW 335°64 m11.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4718:1818:55
June solstice05:0819:4020:23
September equinox06:3118:0518:42
December solstice07:0815:3016:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313339495968747366564637
Precip in4.84.25.84.73.73.83.53.64.35.04.44.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Plymouth-kingston, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29692165

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