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Pine Brook

Pine Brook from directly overhead

Pine Brook is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 38 m. Nobscot Hill stands 183 m to the west, 5.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Moore Estates Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 6.8 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.35914, -71.35281

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Town Building Fields: 0.4 mi
  • Eric Schwartz Ballfield: 2.4 mi
  • Soldiers Field Town Park: 2.5 mi
  • Boston Post Road Historic District: 2.6 mi
  • The Terraces: 2.7 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
Museums
Artworks
Attractions
  • Ponyhenge: 3.2 mi
  • Elephant Rock: 3.8 mi
  • Fairy Rock: 3.9 mi
  • Boston Marathon - Wellesley Scream Tunnel: 4.9 mi
  • Emerson's Cliff: 5.3 mi
Gardens
  • Italinate garden: 4.3 mi
  • People For Pollinators: 4.7 mi
  • Community gardens of John J. Lane Park: 5.1 mi
  • Conantum Community Gardens: 5.5 mi
  • Native Plant Garden: 5.7 mi
Beaches
  • Morses Pond Beach: 4.7 mi
  • Memorial Beach: 5.9 mi
  • Learned Pond Beach: 5.9 mi
  • Crystal Lake Beach: 8.1 mi
  • Stow Town Beach: 8.2 mi
Cliffs: 44
Picnic sites: 41
  • Picnic Site 9: 5.2 mi
  • Picnic Site 8: 5.2 mi
  • Picnic Site 10: 5.2 mi
  • Picnic Site 11: 5.2 mi
  • Picnic Site 6: 5.3 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Rest areas: 5
  • Westwood Rest Area: 13.9 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 14.3 mi
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 21.0 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 24.4 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 24.9 mi
Springs: 3
  • Quarry Spring: 13.7 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 15.5 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 17.9 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cascade Falls: 15.3 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 18.8 mi
  • Rock Falls: 21.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Nobscot HillW 260°183 m5.0 mi
Doeskin HillW 260°152 m5.4 mi
Juniper HillWSW 254°136 m5.4 mi
Prospect HillENE 68°135 m5.5 mi
Little ProspectENE 70°133 m5.3 mi
Tippling RockW 267°125 m4.6 mi
Reeves HillS 174°122 m1.0 mi
Goodman HillWNW 292°119 m2.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:0919:4420:26
September equinox06:3318:0818:45
December solstice07:1215:3116:16

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, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/29837427

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