Nature reserve · Massachusetts
Poquanticut Management Area
Marked private. Do not count on getting in.
Poquanticut Management Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 60 m. Great Blue Hill stands 193 m to the north, 11 miles off. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 6.5 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Easton Conservation Commission
How to reach it
Coordinates42.05748, -71.14777
- 6.5 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 17.6 mi off the Great and Breakneck Hill Roads
- 20.5 mi off the Veteran's Memorial Parkway
- 23.6 mi off the Route 114 and High Street
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Ledge · 7 mi
- Lookout Point · 9 mi
- Skywalk Observatory · 20 mi
- Prospect Terrace Viewpoint · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Poquanticut Management Area: 0.4 mi
- Borderland State Park: 0.5 mi
- Beaver Brook Management Area: 0.5 mi
- Turner Homestead Conservation Area: 0.6 mi
- Mill Pond Estates Conservation Area: 0.7 mi
Attractions
- Ames Boulder: 0.8 mi
- King Philip Rock: 2.2 mi
- Old Shed: 5.0 mi
- Old Shed: 5.0 mi
- Path Continues: 6.0 mi
Parks
- Edwin A. Keach Park: 1.3 mi
- Queset Gardens: 2.2 mi
- Queset Gardens: 2.2 mi
- Frothingham Memorial Park: 2.2 mi
- Povoas Park: 2.4 mi
Peaks
- Rattlesnake Hill: 2.3 mi
- Cow Hill: 2.6 mi
- Barefoot Hill: 3.4 mi
- Stonehouse Hill: 3.9 mi
- Foolish Hill: 4.3 mi
Artworks
- Oliver Ames: 2.3 mi
- Japanese Garden: 4.0 mi
- Deborah Sampson: 5.0 mi
- EARLY HISTORY OF STOUGHTON MURAL: 5.2 mi
- TOOTHY!!!: 5.3 mi
Museums
- Children's Museum Easton: 2.4 mi
- Sharon Historical Society: 4.8 mi
- The Patriots Hall of Fame: 6.4 mi
- Morse House: 8.5 mi
- Holbrook Historical Society: 9.3 mi
Historic sites
- Veteran's Memorial Park: 2.4 mi
- World War II Memorial: 2.4 mi
- World War I Memorial: 2.4 mi
- Old Well: 2.4 mi
- Collapsed house: 2.5 mi
Gardens
- West Common: 6.5 mi
- Julia's Garden: 9.4 mi
- Kitchen Garden: 9.8 mi
- Formal Garden: 9.9 mi
- Big A Hedge: 10.4 mi
Beaches
- Turner Pond Beach: 8.9 mi
- Fishermans Beach: 9.5 mi
- Whiting's Pond Beach: 10.6 mi
- Sweatt Beach: 10.7 mi
- Barbara Road Beach: 11.0 mi
Cliffs: 49
- King Philip Cave: 2.2 mi
- King Philip Rock: 2.2 mi
- Breakneck Ledge: 11.4 mi
- The Shield: 13.3 mi
- S Wall: 14.1 mi
Picnic sites: 39
- Oak Grove: 0.9 mi
- 12: 9.4 mi
- 11: 9.4 mi
- 13: 9.4 mi
- 15: 9.4 mi
Rest areas: 11
- Interstate 95 Rest Area: 7.5 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 8.2 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 11.1 mi
- Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 17.3 mi
- Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 17.3 mi
Lighthouses: 6
- Boathouse: 22.8 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 22.8 mi
- Oil Shed: 22.9 mi
- Boston Light: 22.9 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 22.9 mi
Springs: 2
- Pakomet Spring: 11.2 mi
- Roger Williams Spring: 20.7 mi
Waterfalls: 2
- Rock Falls: 12.3 mi
- Cascade Brook Falls: 24.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.2 miles of Poquanticut Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Blue Hill | N 9° | 193 m | 10.8 mi |
| Moose Hill | NW 324° | 163 m | 5.7 mi |
| Chickatawbut Hill | NNE 21° | 156 m | 12.2 mi |
| Hancock Hill | NNE 14° | 155 m | 11.4 mi |
| Buck Hill | NNE 19° | 151 m | 11.5 mi |
| Fenno Peak | NNE 22° | 151 m | 12.2 mi |
| Hemenway Hill | NNE 12° | 140 m | 11.3 mi |
| Bluff Hill | NW 318° | 138 m | 5.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:10 | 19:42 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:07 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 15:31 | 16:17 |
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 | 29 | 36 | 47 | 57 | 66 | 72 | 71 | 63 | 51 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 3.8 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 5.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norton W, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29897792
Day trips start here
- Bristol-Norfolk · 1 mi
- Mansfield · 4 mi
- Foxborough · 5 mi
- Sharon · 5 mi
- Stoughton · 5 mi
- Brockton · 7 mi
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