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Poquanticut Management Area

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Poquanticut Management Area from directly overhead

Poquanticut Management Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 42 m. Great Blue Hill stands 193 m to the north, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Twin Brooks Conservation Restriction, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 7.7 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Easton Conservation Commission
Getting there

How to reach it

Coordinates42.02605, -71.14807

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • New Pond Dam: 0.5 mi
  • Edwin A. Keach Park: 0.9 mi
  • Blackbrook Nature Reserve: 1.7 mi
  • Blackbrook Nature Reserve: 1.7 mi
  • Blackbrook Nature Reserve: 1.7 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Ames Boulder: 2.6 mi
  • Old Shed: 3.0 mi
  • Old Shed: 3.0 mi
  • Path Continues: 3.9 mi
  • King Philip Rock: 4.0 mi
Museums
Artworks
  • Oliver Ames: 3.7 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 6.1 mi
  • Deborah Sampson: 7.0 mi
  • EARLY HISTORY OF STOUGHTON MURAL: 7.2 mi
  • TOOTHY!!!: 7.4 mi
Peaks
Gardens
Beaches
  • Whiting's Pond Beach: 9.9 mi
  • Barbara Road Beach: 10.0 mi
  • Turner Pond Beach: 10.6 mi
  • Sweatt Beach: 11.1 mi
  • Fishermans Beach: 11.6 mi
Cliffs: 46
  • King Philip Cave: 3.8 mi
  • King Philip Rock: 4.0 mi
  • Breakneck Ledge: 13.6 mi
  • The Shield: 15.3 mi
  • S Wall: 16.1 mi
Picnic sites: 26
  • Oak Grove: 2.6 mi
  • 12: 8.7 mi
  • 11: 8.7 mi
  • 8: 8.7 mi
  • 10: 8.7 mi
Rest areas: 11
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 6.8 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 7.5 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 13.2 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 16.3 mi
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 16.4 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 13.3 mi
  • Roger Williams Spring: 19.1 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 14.2 mi
  • Cascade Brook Falls: 23.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.3 miles of Poquanticut Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great Blue HillN 8°193 m13.0 mi
Moose HillNNW 334°163 m7.6 mi
Bluff HillNNW 330°138 m7.0 mi
Bucks HillW 272°137 m13.1 mi
Tucker HillNNE 14°133 m13.3 mi
Wolcott HillN 9°132 m13.2 mi
Houghton HillNNE 11°129 m13.2 mi
High RockWNW 289°127 m7.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:1019:4220:24
September equinox06:3318:0718:44
December solstice07:1015:3216:17

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, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29897655

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