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Oliver Ames Parker Reservation

Oliver Ames Parker Reservation from directly overhead

Oliver Ames Parker Reservation is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 59 m. Great Blue Hill stands 193 m to the north, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Easton Town Forest, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 7.4 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1964-12-10
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Easton Conservation Commission
Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.06554, -71.12331

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Queset Gardens: 0.9 mi
  • Queset Gardens: 0.9 mi
  • Frothingham Memorial Park: 1.0 mi
  • Povoas Park: 1.1 mi
  • Sheep Pasture: 1.8 mi
Artworks
  • Oliver Ames: 1.0 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 4.2 mi
  • EARLY HISTORY OF STOUGHTON MURAL: 4.3 mi
  • TOOTHY!!!: 4.5 mi
  • Welcome to Camp Christina: 5.0 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Peaks
Attractions
  • Ames Boulder: 2.0 mi
  • King Philip Rock: 3.1 mi
  • Old Shed: 5.4 mi
  • Old Shed: 5.4 mi
  • Path Continues: 6.7 mi
Gardens
Beaches
  • Fishermans Beach: 8.6 mi
  • Turner Pond Beach: 9.5 mi
  • Sweatt Beach: 11.9 mi
  • Whiting's Pond Beach: 12.0 mi
  • Barbara Road Beach: 12.4 mi
Cliffs: 48
  • King Philip Rock: 3.1 mi
  • King Philip Cave: 3.2 mi
  • Breakneck Ledge: 10.7 mi
  • The Shield: 12.3 mi
  • S Wall: 13.1 mi
Picnic sites: 39
  • Oak Grove: 2.1 mi
  • 12: 10.8 mi
  • 11: 10.8 mi
  • 13: 10.8 mi
  • 10: 10.8 mi
Rest areas: 11
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 8.9 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 9.6 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 10.7 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 17.9 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 17.9 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 10.3 mi
  • Roger Williams Spring: 21.9 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Rock Falls: 11.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.0 miles of Oliver Ames Parker Reservation. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great Blue HillN 3°193 m10.1 mi
Moose HillNW 311°163 m6.1 mi
Chickatawbut HillNNE 16°156 m11.3 mi
Hancock HillN 8°155 m10.6 mi
Buck HillNNE 13°151 m10.6 mi
Fenno PeakNNE 17°151 m11.3 mi
Nahanton HillNNE 17°145 m11.5 mi
Hemenway HillN 6°140 m10.6 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 solstice07:1015:3116:16

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, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/875936747

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