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North Stoughton Area

North Stoughton Area from directly overhead

North Stoughton Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 64 m. Great Blue Hill stands 193 m to the north, 4.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Ward Well Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 5.6 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.14112, -71.10783

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Edgar A. Halliden Memorial: 0.4 mi
  • All Souls Memorial: 0.4 mi
  • Army Memorial: 0.4 mi
  • Unborn Children's Memorial: 0.5 mi
  • GONSALVES SQUARE: 0.5 mi
Parks
  • Lehan Field: 0.8 mi
  • P.C. Frederick J. Conley Memorial Field: 1.0 mi
  • P.C. Frederick J. Conley Memorial Field: 1.0 mi
  • Federick H. Pye Memorial Park: 1.1 mi
  • Cabot Devoll Field: 1.2 mi
Artworks
  • TOOTHY!!!: 1.1 mi
  • EARLY HISTORY OF STOUGHTON MURAL: 1.1 mi
  • Welcome to Camp Christina: 1.5 mi
  • Deborah Sampson: 3.7 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 4.0 mi
Peaks
Beaches
  • Fishermans Beach: 3.3 mi
  • Turner Pond Beach: 8.2 mi
  • South Beach: 9.2 mi
  • North Beach: 9.3 mi
  • Powissett Beach: 9.6 mi
Museums
Gardens
Attractions
Cliffs: 55
Picnic sites: 40
  • Oak Grove: 6.2 mi
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Table Area: 8.3 mi
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Area: 8.4 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 10.2 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 11.2 mi
Rest areas: 8
  • Westwood Rest Area: 5.9 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 12.7 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 13.4 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 15.1 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 16.8 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 5.1 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 20.4 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 6.8 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 21.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.8 miles of North Stoughton Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great Blue HillN 356°193 m4.9 mi
Moose HillWSW 258°163 m5.5 mi
Chickatawbut HillNNE 23°156 m6.1 mi
Hancock HillN 7°155 m5.4 mi
Buck HillNNE 18°151 m5.3 mi
Fenno PeakNNE 24°151 m6.1 mi
Nahanton HillNNE 25°145 m6.3 mi
Hemenway HillN 4°140 m5.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:0919:4220:25
September equinox06:3218:0718:44
December solstice07:1015:3116:16

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, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29859603

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