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Mother Brook Reservation

Mother Brook Reservation from directly overhead

Mother Brook Reservation is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 15 m. Great Blue Hill stands 193 m to the southeast, 2.9 miles off. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 1.1 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.24427, -71.14869

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • William B. Gould Park: 0.3 mi
  • Condon Park: 0.5 mi
  • Mill Pond Park: 0.6 mi
  • Neponset Valley Parkway: 0.7 mi
  • Paul Park: 0.8 mi
Historic sites
  • Oakdale war memorial: 0.4 mi
  • Francis D. Martini Memorial Shell: 1.1 mi
  • Paul C. "Puzzy" Carter Marine PFC Memorial: 1.2 mi
  • Bishop Riley: 1.5 mi
  • The Castle: 2.2 mi
Museums
Peaks
Attractions
  • Path Continues: 2.8 mi
  • Goat: 5.1 mi
  • Western Grey Kangaroo: 5.2 mi
  • Emu: 5.2 mi
  • Wildebeest: 5.2 mi
Gardens
Beaches
  • North Beach: 4.5 mi
  • South Beach: 4.7 mi
  • Fishermans Beach: 4.8 mi
  • Powissett Beach: 5.0 mi
  • Shapiro Beach: 5.1 mi
Artworks
  • Drift by Mary Bonina: 5.0 mi
  • Own Your Peace Sculpture: 5.1 mi
  • Taino Mural: 5.7 mi
  • Beauty Master Mural: 5.7 mi
  • Pimentel Market Mural: 5.8 mi
Cliffs: 47
  • Breakneck Ledge: 3.0 mi
  • The Alcove: 5.6 mi
  • Upper Cliff: 5.6 mi
  • Lower Cliff: 5.6 mi
  • The Shield: 5.7 mi
Picnic sites: 40
  • Nature's Pavilion: 5.1 mi
  • Oak Lea: 5.1 mi
  • Pine Knoll: 5.2 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 7.2 mi
  • Picnic Site 11: 11.0 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Westwood Rest Area: 1.9 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 8.8 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 17.6 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 18.2 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 20.7 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 4.8 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 13.4 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 8.1 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 14.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 5.5 miles of Mother Brook Reservation. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great Blue HillSE 142°193 m2.9 mi
Chickatawbut HillESE 109°156 m4.7 mi
Hancock HillESE 123°155 m3.3 mi
Buck HillESE 119°151 m4.3 mi
Fenno PeakESE 109°151 m4.8 mi
Nahanton HillESE 106°145 m4.9 mi
Hemenway HillSE 126°140 m3.1 mi
Tucker HillSE 124°133 m3.9 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: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272836475867737164534233
Precip in4.54.05.54.83.84.63.53.94.15.54.35.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Blue Hill Coop, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/211045046

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