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North Street Conservation Area

North Street Conservation Area from directly overhead

North Street Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 63 m. Snow Hill stands 137 m to the east-northeast, 1.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Dover Conservation Land, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 5.6 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1973-12-27
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Medfield Conservation Commission
Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.21504, -71.30726

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • McCarthy Park: 1.4 mi
  • Meeting House Pond: 1.9 mi
  • Baxter Park: 2.0 mi
  • Pheasant Hill Park: 3.1 mi
  • Sherborn Center Historic District: 3.6 mi
Museums
Artworks
Historic sites
  • Medfield Veterans Memorial: 2.1 mi
  • Nike Missile Site B-63: 4.3 mi
  • Ordway Brothers Square: 5.2 mi
  • LT. Paul K. Bremner memorial: 5.3 mi
  • Fire Fighters Memorial: 5.6 mi
Beaches
  • Shapiro Beach: 3.3 mi
  • Powissett Beach: 3.4 mi
  • South Beach: 3.7 mi
  • North Beach: 3.9 mi
  • Turner Pond Beach: 4.8 mi
Attractions
  • 1: 3.6 mi
  • 2: 3.6 mi
  • Foundation & Chimney: 3.6 mi
  • 15: 3.6 mi
  • 14: 3.6 mi
Gardens
Cliffs: 48
  • The Alcove: 10.1 mi
  • Upper Cliff: 10.2 mi
  • The Wall: 10.2 mi
  • Pusherman Wall: 10.2 mi
  • Lower Cliff: 10.2 mi
Picnic sites: 40
  • Picnic Site 9: 11.9 mi
  • Picnic Site 10: 11.9 mi
  • Picnic Site 11: 11.9 mi
  • Picnic Site 8: 12.0 mi
  • Picnic Site 12: 12.0 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Westwood Rest Area: 7.6 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 14.3 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 14.7 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 15.5 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 20.3 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 12.3 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 18.4 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 15.6 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 19.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.3 miles of North Street Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Snow HillENE 57°137 m1.2 mi
Cedar HillE 91°134 m1.6 mi
Bald HillW 270°132 m6.9 mi
Pegan HillN 4°125 m2.5 mi
Brush HillWNW 303°121 m4.7 mi
Strawberry HillENE 62°114 m3.0 mi
Long HillWNW 281°113 m6.9 mi
Powissett PeakENE 70°112 m2.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:57
June solstice05:1019:4320:26
September equinox06:3318:0718:44
December solstice07:1115:3116:17

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, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29837188

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