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Quail Ridge Conservation Area

Quail Ridge Conservation Area from directly overhead

Quail Ridge Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 75 m. Great Blue Hill stands 193 m to the north-northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Fairbanks Road Conservation Area, a nature reserve less than a tenth of a mile away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 3.0 miles off.

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What to expect

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Getting there

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Coordinates42.07818, -71.20876

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Gavin's Pond Soccer Complex: 0.5 mi
  • Frank I. Sullivan Recreational Area: 2.1 mi
  • Foxborough Common: 2.3 mi
  • Deborah Sampson Park: 2.5 mi
  • Beech Tree Park: 2.8 mi
Historic sites
  • Collapsed house: 1.2 mi
  • Old Well: 1.2 mi
  • Ruined Vehicle: 2.1 mi
  • Ruined Vehicle: 2.1 mi
  • Centre Burial Ground: 2.3 mi
Attractions
  • King Philip Rock: 1.3 mi
  • Ames Boulder: 2.6 mi
  • Old Shed: 7.7 mi
  • Old Shed: 7.7 mi
  • Path Continues: 8.1 mi
Artworks
  • Japanese Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Tom Brady: 3.0 mi
  • Deborah Sampson: 3.6 mi
  • Oliver Ames: 5.3 mi
  • TOOTHY!!!: 5.7 mi
Museums
Gardens
Beaches
  • Turner Pond Beach: 5.9 mi
  • Sweatt Beach: 7.6 mi
  • Whiting's Pond Beach: 8.7 mi
  • Fishermans Beach: 9.6 mi
  • Barbara Road Beach: 9.7 mi
Cliffs: 45
  • King Philip Cave: 1.2 mi
  • King Philip Rock: 1.4 mi
  • Breakneck Ledge: 11.2 mi
  • The Shield: 13.7 mi
  • S Wall: 14.5 mi
Picnic sites: 39
  • Oak Grove: 2.5 mi
  • 35: 7.6 mi
  • 36: 7.6 mi
  • 15: 7.6 mi
  • 16-34: 7.6 mi
Rest areas: 11
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 6.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 6.7 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 10.0 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 15.4 mi
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 15.5 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 11.6 mi
  • Roger Williams Spring: 20.0 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 13.5 mi
  • Cascade Brook Falls: 23.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.1 miles of Quail Ridge Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great Blue HillNNE 28°193 m10.4 mi
Moose HillN 355°163 m3.2 mi
Hemenway HillNNE 30°140 m11.1 mi
Bluff HillN 351°138 m2.4 mi
Bucks HillWSW 253°137 m10.5 mi
Snow HillNNW 338°137 m10.9 mi
Cedar HillNNW 340°134 m10.0 mi
Wolcott HillNNE 29°132 m10.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:1019:4220:25
September equinox06:3318:0718:44
December solstice07:1115:3216:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038495968737264534334
Precip in3.93.44.84.43.64.23.64.03.75.04.15.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Walpole 2, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/959815454

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