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R.Belanger Drive

R.Belanger Drive from directly overhead

R.Belanger Drive is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 73 m. Pratt Hill stands 181 m to the west-northwest, 8.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Hartford Ave/I-495, a nature reserve 1.0 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 10 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.11850, -71.48466

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Bear Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Rocky Woods Range: 3.6 mi
  • Bright Hill: 3.6 mi
  • Quisset Hill: 3.7 mi
  • Benchmark Senior Living at Forge Hill: 3.8 mi
Parks
  • Tomaso Field: 2.1 mi
  • Bellingham Town Common: 2.1 mi
  • Calzone Park: 2.3 mi
  • Fruit & Main Street Playground: 2.4 mi
  • Draper Memorial Park: 2.4 mi
Artworks
  • Statue: 2.4 mi
  • Hoyt Statue: 7.8 mi
  • George V. Brown Memorial: 7.9 mi
  • Statue of Hachikō: 8.1 mi
  • Zullo Gallery: 10.4 mi
Museums
Attractions
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Janet Colby Memorial Garden: 8.7 mi
  • Eric J. Cook Memorial Garden: 8.7 mi
  • Community Garden Southborough: 11.7 mi
  • Julia's Garden: 12.0 mi
  • Community gardens of John J. Lane Park: 12.9 mi
Beaches: 38
Picnic sites: 36
  • 1: 11.9 mi
  • 36: 11.9 mi
  • 35: 11.9 mi
  • 16-34: 11.9 mi
  • 15: 12.0 mi
Cliffs: 34
  • The Wall: 3.8 mi
  • Condo Rock: 3.9 mi
  • Fatboy Boulder: 14.9 mi
  • Pond Cave: 14.9 mi
  • Lower Heart: 15.4 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 12.5 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 12.5 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 12.8 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 12.9 mi
  • Thirsty Beaver: 16.9 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Cascade Brook Falls: 17.1 mi
  • Ponogansett Falls: 24.6 mi
Springs: 2
  • Roger Williams Spring: 20.3 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 22.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of R.Belanger Drive. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pratt HillWNW 304°181 m8.0 mi
Misoe HillW 277°180 m4.9 mi
Peppercorn HillNW 321°174 m6.2 mi
Magomiscock HillNW 308°171 m4.0 mi
Bear HillNW 323°170 m7.6 mi
Chestnut HillSW 231°162 m5.8 mi
Beacon Pole HillSSE 168°162 m8.7 mi
Christian HillNW 310°160 m6.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
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 °F272937485867737164524233
Precip in4.13.34.64.83.94.53.53.94.25.13.84.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — West Medway, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29763729

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