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Quisset Wildlife Management Area

Quisset Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Quisset Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 107 m. Bald Hill stands 210 m to the west-southwest, 8.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Inman Hill, a peak 0.4 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 12 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
2001
Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.07179, -71.54119

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Inman Hill: 0.4 mi
  • Quisset Hill: 0.7 mi
  • Daniels Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Chestnut Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Candlewood Hill: 2.0 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Parks
  • Founders Park: 2.5 mi
  • Bellingham Town Common: 3.5 mi
  • Roosevelt Park: 3.8 mi
  • Tupperware Park: 3.9 mi
  • Skull Rock Lock Trailhead: 4.0 mi
Museums
Artworks
Attractions
  • Cumberlandite: 6.4 mi
  • Teetering Rock: 7.2 mi
  • Chattering Rock: 7.3 mi
  • Devil's Corncrib: 9.7 mi
  • Fat Man's Misery: 9.7 mi
Gardens: 52
  • Janet Colby Memorial Garden: 6.2 mi
  • Eric J. Cook Memorial Garden: 6.3 mi
  • Julia's Garden: 12.7 mi
  • Rain Gardens: 13.0 mi
  • Community Garden Southborough: 14.9 mi
Beaches: 38
Picnic sites: 20
  • 1: 12.5 mi
  • 36: 12.6 mi
  • 35: 12.6 mi
  • 16-34: 12.6 mi
  • Site #36: 12.6 mi
Cliffs: 19
  • The Wall: 7.3 mi
  • Condo Rock: 7.3 mi
  • Pond Cave: 12.7 mi
  • Fatboy Boulder: 12.7 mi
  • Lower Heart: 13.1 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 10.3 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 10.4 mi
  • Thirsty Beaver: 13.5 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 13.8 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 14.1 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cascade Brook Falls: 13.4 mi
  • Ponogansett Falls: 20.5 mi
  • Cargill Falls: 21.8 mi
Springs: 1
  • Roger Williams Spring: 18.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.2 miles of Quisset Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald HillWSW 258°210 m8.9 mi
Pratt HillNNW 334°181 m8.5 mi
Misoe HillNNW 332°180 m4.3 mi
Woonsocket HillS 186°180 m6.5 mi
Castle HillW 281°176 m7.0 mi
Peppercorn HillN 353°174 m8.1 mi
Magomiscock HillN 358°171 m5.7 mi
Whortleberry HillS 173°169 m7.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2218:58
June solstice05:1119:4420:26
September equinox06:3418:0818:45
December solstice07:1215:3316:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283138495968747265534334
Precip in4.43.74.94.73.64.33.64.04.25.14.25.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Woonsocket, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29778467

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