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Peppermint Brook Conservation Area

Peppermint Brook Conservation Area from directly overhead

Peppermint Brook Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 22 m. Prospect Hill stands 72 m to the southwest, 3.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Deer Hill, a peak 0.2 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 15 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.23370, -70.81804

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Deer Hill: 0.2 mi
  • James Hill: 0.3 mi
  • Bear Hill: 0.4 mi
  • Scituate Hill: 0.7 mi
  • Walnut Hill: 0.8 mi
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Milliken-Bancroft Field: 0.5 mi
  • Freedom Field: 0.7 mi
  • Herman E. Daley Square: 0.9 mi
  • Constitution Park: 0.9 mi
  • Wheelwright Park: 1.0 mi
Gardens
Museums
Beaches
Historic sites
Artworks
Attractions
  • South Shore Model Railroad Club: 4.9 mi
  • South Shore Natural Science Center: 5.1 mi
  • Mann Farmhouse: 5.4 mi
  • Herring Run: 5.8 mi
  • House Rock: 6.7 mi
Cliffs: 44
Picnic sites: 21
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Area: 8.0 mi
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Table Area: 8.0 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 10.3 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 14.6 mi
  • Pine Knoll: 14.7 mi
Lighthouses: 8
Rest areas: 5
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 8.2 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 8.2 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 15.6 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 17.4 mi
  • Massachusetts Tourist Information Center: 22.1 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 9.7 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 19.7 mi
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 12.9 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 20.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.5 miles of Peppermint Brook Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Prospect HillSW 215°72 m3.4 mi
Judges HillS 183°71 m2.9 mi
Mount BlueS 188°66 m3.2 mi
Black Pond HillS 170°64 m3.7 mi
Otis HillS 185°58 m3.8 mi
Paradise HillS 177°58 m4.9 mi
Marshfield HillsSSE 156°58 m7.6 mi
Turkey HillWNW 284°57 m1.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0819:4120:24
September equinox06:3118:0618:42
December solstice07:1015:2916:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303238485867737265544435
Precip in4.54.05.44.63.84.03.63.83.95.24.45.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hingham, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/656869014

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