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Murray's Brook Area

Murray's Brook Area from directly overhead

Murray's Brook Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 89 m. Great Blue Hill stands 193 m to the north-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Murray's Brook Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 2.7 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.07338, -71.22395

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Gavin's Pond Soccer Complex: 1.0 mi
  • Foxborough Common: 1.5 mi
  • Cocasset River Park: 2.7 mi
  • Lowney Common: 2.9 mi
  • Mansfield Memorial Park: 2.9 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
Attractions
  • King Philip Rock: 2.1 mi
  • Ames Boulder: 3.3 mi
  • 2: 7.8 mi
  • 1: 7.8 mi
  • Old Shed: 7.9 mi
Museums
Artworks
  • Tom Brady: 2.5 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Deborah Sampson: 4.3 mi
  • Oliver Ames: 6.1 mi
  • TOOTHY!!!: 6.5 mi
Gardens
Beaches
  • Turner Pond Beach: 5.8 mi
  • Sweatt Beach: 6.8 mi
  • Whiting's Pond Beach: 7.9 mi
  • Barbara Road Beach: 8.9 mi
  • Chilson Beach: 9.9 mi
Cliffs: 43
  • King Philip Cave: 2.0 mi
  • King Philip Rock: 2.1 mi
  • Breakneck Ledge: 11.9 mi
  • The Shield: 14.5 mi
  • S Wall: 15.3 mi
Picnic sites: 39
  • Oak Grove: 3.2 mi
  • 35: 6.8 mi
  • 36: 6.8 mi
  • 15: 6.8 mi
  • 16-34: 6.9 mi
Rest areas: 11
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 5.3 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 6.0 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 10.5 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 14.6 mi
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 14.6 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 12.3 mi
  • Roger Williams Spring: 19.3 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 14.3 mi
  • Cascade Brook Falls: 22.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.1 miles of Murray's Brook Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great Blue HillNNE 30°193 m11.1 mi
Moose HillN 9°163 m3.5 mi
Diamond HillWSW 242°144 m11.0 mi
Bluff HillN 8°138 m2.8 mi
Bucks HillWSW 253°137 m9.6 mi
Snow HillNNW 342°137 m10.9 mi
Cedar HillNNW 345°134 m10.1 mi
High RockWSW 256°127 m3.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:1019:4220:25
September equinox06:3318:0718:44
December solstice07:1115:3216:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038495968737264534334
Precip in3.93.44.84.43.64.23.64.03.75.04.15.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Walpole 2, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29860573

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