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Norfolk County Canoe River Wilderness Area

Norfolk County Canoe River Wilderness Area from directly overhead

Norfolk County Canoe River Wilderness Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 60 m. Great Blue Hill stands 193 m to the north-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Drake Circle, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 4.6 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.06028, -71.18955

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Attractions
  • King Philip Rock: 1.2 mi
  • Ames Boulder: 1.4 mi
  • Old Shed: 6.1 mi
  • Old Shed: 6.1 mi
  • Path Continues: 6.6 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
Parks
  • Gavin's Pond Soccer Complex: 2.0 mi
  • Mansfield Memorial Park: 2.1 mi
  • Frank I. Sullivan Recreational Area: 2.5 mi
  • Lowney Common: 2.5 mi
  • Harry B. Chase Jr. Place: 2.6 mi
Artworks
  • Japanese Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Oliver Ames: 4.4 mi
  • Tom Brady: 4.4 mi
  • Deborah Sampson: 4.6 mi
  • TOOTHY!!!: 6.0 mi
Museums
Gardens
Beaches
  • Turner Pond Beach: 7.4 mi
  • Sweatt Beach: 8.6 mi
  • Whiting's Pond Beach: 8.8 mi
  • Barbara Road Beach: 9.4 mi
  • Fishermans Beach: 10.1 mi
Cliffs: 44
  • King Philip Cave: 0.9 mi
  • King Philip Rock: 1.2 mi
  • Breakneck Ledge: 11.9 mi
  • The Shield: 14.1 mi
  • S Wall: 15.0 mi
Picnic sites: 39
  • Oak Grove: 1.3 mi
  • 12: 7.6 mi
  • 35: 7.6 mi
  • 15: 7.6 mi
  • 11: 7.6 mi
Rest areas: 11
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 5.8 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 6.5 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 11.0 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 15.5 mi
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 15.6 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 12.0 mi
  • Roger Williams Spring: 19.5 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 13.6 mi
  • Cascade Brook Falls: 23.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.9 miles of Norfolk County Canoe River Wilderness Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great Blue HillNNE 20°193 m11.2 mi
Moose HillNNW 344°163 m4.6 mi
Hemenway HillNNE 23°140 m11.8 mi
Bluff HillNNW 340°138 m3.9 mi
Bucks HillW 260°137 m11.1 mi
Cedar HillNNW 337°134 m11.6 mi
Tucker HillNNE 27°133 m11.8 mi
Wolcott HillNNE 22°132 m11.5 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 solstice07:1015:3216:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272936475766727163514233
Precip in4.43.85.44.73.64.33.53.84.15.14.55.2

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29835666

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