Nature reserve · Massachusetts
Palmer River Conservation Area
Palmer River Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 6 m. Jenckes Hill stands 129 m to the west-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Ephriam Hunt Ministerial Land, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 4.9 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
Coordinates41.83756, -71.27115
- 4.9 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 5.8 mi off the Veteran's Memorial Parkway
- 7.4 mi off the Route 114 and High Street
- 8.9 mi off the Great and Breakneck Hill Roads
Overlooks nearby
- Prospect Terrace Viewpoint · 7 mi
- Gaspee Point Overlook · 8 mi
- Lookout Point · 12 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Ephriam Hunt Ministerial Land: 0.2 mi
- Fox Lea: 0.3 mi
- Winthrop Street Conservation Area: 0.9 mi
- Miller Bird Sanctuary: 1.2 mi
- River Run Conservation Area: 1.5 mi
Parks
- Rehoboth Veterans Memorial: 0.6 mi
- Bridgham Farm Conservation Area: 3.7 mi
- Slater Park: 4.4 mi
- George Patrick Duffy Athletic Complex: 4.7 mi
- Poncin Hewitt Fields: 4.9 mi
Peaks
- Fowlers Hill: 0.9 mi
- Rocky Hill: 1.4 mi
- Great Rock: 1.7 mi
- Mount Terrydiddle: 1.8 mi
- Jacobs Hill: 1.9 mi
Museums
- Carpenter Museum: 1.0 mi
- Hunt House Museum: 3.9 mi
- Martin House and Farm: 5.0 mi
- Cape Verdean Museum Exhibit: 5.2 mi
- Lippitt House Museum: 6.5 mi
Attractions
- Hunts Mill Pump House: 3.9 mi
- Hunt House Root Cellar: 3.9 mi
- Path Continues: 5.9 mi
- Deborah's Garden: 6.1 mi
- The Glen: 6.1 mi
Historic sites
- Plante-Quintairo Memorial: 5.1 mi
- World War I Memorial: 5.3 mi
- Home plate of the demolished McCoy Stadium: 5.6 mi
- George M. Cohen Monument: 6.4 mi
- Liberty Arming the Patriot: 6.6 mi
Artworks
- Giant Troll Mrs Skipper: 6.3 mi
- The Hummingbird Palace: 6.3 mi
- Indomitable: 6.6 mi
- P-131317: 6.7 mi
- Under the Laurentide: 6.8 mi
Beaches: 49
- Edgewood Beach: 7.4 mi
- Warren Town Beach: 8.0 mi
- Swansea Town Beach: 8.2 mi
- Pierce Beach: 8.7 mi
- Frank Moody State Beach: 9.2 mi
Gardens: 24
- Sessions Street Community Garden: 6.2 mi
- Brown University Student Garden: 6.5 mi
- The Frank Kellerman Memorial Garden: 6.7 mi
- J. R. Workman Garden: 6.8 mi
- Brown Street Community Garden: 6.9 mi
Picnic sites: 22
- Site #36: 9.8 mi
- 4: 11.3 mi
- 6: 11.3 mi
- 7: 11.3 mi
- 3: 11.3 mi
Cliffs: 19
- Tree Point Rocks: 8.1 mi
- Summit Wall: 9.3 mi
- Tomato Boulder: 9.3 mi
- Jade Boulder: 9.3 mi
- Iron Cross Boulder: 9.4 mi
Rest areas: 7
- Rest Area I-195 (West Bound): 5.1 mi
- Rest Area I-195 (East Bound): 5.4 mi
- Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 11.4 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 11.4 mi
- Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 11.4 mi
Waterfalls: 5
- Cascade Brook Falls: 15.6 mi
- Payne's Pond Falls: 16.0 mi
- East Greenwich Falls: 16.1 mi
- Ponogansett Falls: 21.0 mi
- The Falls: 23.9 mi
Springs: 4
- Roger Williams Spring: 7.2 mi
- Elizabeth Spring: 16.2 mi
- Plum Point Spring: 22.5 mi
- Crystal Spring: 24.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.3 miles of Palmer River Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jenckes Hill | WNW 295° | 129 m | 10.7 mi |
| Hunting Hill | NW 317° | 126 m | 11.0 mi |
| Sunrise Hill | N 349° | 118.87 m | 11.5 mi |
| Whipple Hill | WNW 286° | 116 m | 11.8 mi |
| Suckatunkanuc Hill | W 262° | 111 m | 12.2 mi |
| Secesakut Hill | W 270° | 105 m | 12.1 mi |
| Molasses Hill | NW 305° | 96 m | 10.6 mi |
| Stump Hill | WNW 294° | 93 m | 8.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:21 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:11 | 19:42 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:08 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 15:33 | 16:18 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 30 | 36 | 47 | 58 | 67 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 52 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 4.2 | 3.6 | 5.1 | 4.4 | 3.3 | 4.5 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NWS Boston/norton, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29819210
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