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Mcfarland Cr

Mcfarland Cr from directly overhead

Mcfarland Cr is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 59 m. Great Blue Hill stands 193 m to the east, 4.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Mcfarland Cr (Clapboardtree St), a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 0.6 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
2000-05-08
Visiting

What to expect

Access
restricted
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.21463, -71.20335

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • The School Street Playground: 0.7 mi
  • R.C. Morrison Park: 0.9 mi
  • Ellis Playground: 0.9 mi
  • Westwood Veterans' Park: 1.1 mi
  • Deerfield School Park: 1.2 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
Gardens
Beaches
  • South Beach: 2.2 mi
  • North Beach: 2.2 mi
  • Powissett Beach: 2.6 mi
  • Shapiro Beach: 2.7 mi
  • Turner Pond Beach: 5.4 mi
Museums
Attractions
  • Foundation & Chimney: 4.4 mi
  • Martini Junction: 4.6 mi
  • Path Continues: 4.7 mi
  • 2: 6.8 mi
  • 1: 6.8 mi
Artworks
Cliffs: 51
Picnic sites: 40
  • Nature's Pavilion: 8.5 mi
  • Oak Lea: 8.5 mi
  • Pine Knoll: 8.6 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 10.5 mi
  • Oak Grove: 10.7 mi
Rest areas: 8
  • Westwood Rest Area: 2.3 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 12.0 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 14.7 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 15.3 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 22.6 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 7.0 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 16.1 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 10.3 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 17.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.7 miles of Mcfarland Cr. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great Blue HillE 92°193 m4.6 mi
Moose HillS 185°163 m6.3 mi
Hancock HillE 87°155 m5.5 mi
Buck HillE 90°151 m6.6 mi
Hemenway HillE 88°140 m5.3 mi
Snow HillW 279°137 m4.4 mi
Cedar HillW 270°134 m3.7 mi
Tucker HillE 91°133 m6.0 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, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29898151

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