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Pegan Hill Reservation

Pegan Hill Reservation from directly overhead

Pegan Hill Reservation is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 121 m. Snow Hill stands 137 m to the south-southeast, 2.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Pegan Hill, a peak 0.1 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 6.3 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1982
Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.25142, -71.30512

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Glen Street Park: 1.3 mi
  • Hunnewell Field Playground: 1.5 mi
  • Old Town Park: 1.5 mi
  • Charles River Dam: 1.5 mi
  • Shaw Park: 1.6 mi
Gardens
  • Bressingham Garden: 1.6 mi
  • Trial Garden: 1.6 mi
  • Weezie's Garden for Children: 1.6 mi
  • Shade Garden: 1.6 mi
  • Olmstead Italianate Garden: 1.7 mi
Attractions
  • Foundation & Chimney: 2.1 mi
  • Boston Marathon - Wellesley Scream Tunnel: 3.1 mi
  • Martini Junction: 3.1 mi
  • Fairy Rock: 4.2 mi
  • Elephant Rock: 4.4 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Beaches
  • Shapiro Beach: 3.1 mi
  • Morses Pond Beach: 3.2 mi
  • Powissett Beach: 3.3 mi
  • Memorial Beach: 3.3 mi
  • South Beach: 3.6 mi
Artworks
Cliffs: 45
  • The Alcove: 8.3 mi
  • Pusherman Wall: 8.3 mi
  • Lunch Wall: 8.4 mi
  • Temple Overhangs: 8.4 mi
  • Upper Cliff: 8.4 mi
Picnic sites: 42
  • Picnic Site 9: 9.4 mi
  • Picnic Site 10: 9.4 mi
  • Picnic Site 11: 9.5 mi
  • Picnic Site 8: 9.5 mi
  • Picnic Site 12: 9.5 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Westwood Rest Area: 7.9 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 14.0 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 16.8 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 17.2 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 22.7 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 3
  • Pakomet Spring: 12.5 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 16.3 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 23.3 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 15.9 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 17.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.9 miles of Pegan Hill Reservation. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Snow HillSSE 155°137 m2.1 mi
Cedar HillSSE 150°134 m2.9 mi
Pegan HillSE 126°125 m0.1 mi
Reeves HillNNW 340°122 m6.9 mi
Brush HillW 271°121 m4.0 mi
Strawberry HillESE 113°114 m2.8 mi
Powissett PeakESE 121°112 m3.0 mi
Oak HillSSE 159°111 m1.8 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 solstice07:1215:3116:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262836475766727062514132
Precip in3.43.13.94.13.84.13.93.84.24.83.74.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Natick, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29836517

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