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Rock Meadow Brook Conservation Land

Rock Meadow Brook Conservation Land from directly overhead

Rock Meadow Brook Conservation Land is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 56 m. Great Blue Hill stands 193 m to the east-southeast, 5.8 miles off. The nearest named place is High Rock, a peak 0.3 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 2.0 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1949
Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.23024, -71.22503

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Deerfield School Park: 0.4 mi
  • Westwood Veterans' Park: 0.9 mi
  • Buckmaster Pond Park: 1.6 mi
  • Buckmaster Pond: 1.6 mi
  • Pheasant Hill Park: 1.8 mi
Beaches
  • North Beach: 0.7 mi
  • South Beach: 0.8 mi
  • Powissett Beach: 1.1 mi
  • Shapiro Beach: 1.2 mi
  • Turner Pond Beach: 5.8 mi
Gardens
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Foundation & Chimney: 2.8 mi
  • Martini Junction: 3.1 mi
  • Path Continues: 5.9 mi
  • Boston Marathon - Wellesley Scream Tunnel: 6.2 mi
  • 2: 6.6 mi
Museums
Artworks
Cliffs: 44
  • Breakneck Ledge: 6.4 mi
  • The Alcove: 6.9 mi
  • Upper Cliff: 7.0 mi
  • Lower Cliff: 7.0 mi
  • Pusherman Wall: 7.1 mi
Picnic sites: 41
  • Nature's Pavilion: 8.6 mi
  • Oak Lea: 8.6 mi
  • Pine Knoll: 8.7 mi
  • Picnic Site 9: 10.7 mi
  • Picnic Site 10: 10.7 mi
Rest areas: 8
  • Westwood Rest Area: 3.5 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 11.8 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 15.5 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 16.1 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 23.0 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 8.2 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 15.5 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 11.6 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 16.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.7 miles of Rock Meadow Brook Conservation Land. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great Blue HillESE 103°193 m5.8 mi
Hancock HillE 97°155 m6.7 mi
Hemenway HillE 98°140 m6.4 mi
Snow HillW 263°137 m3.3 mi
Cedar HillWSW 248°134 m2.8 mi
Wolcott HillE 100°132 m6.1 mi
Houghton HillE 100°129 m6.6 mi
Pegan HillWNW 289°125 m4.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:0919:4320:25
September equinox06:3318:0718:44
December solstice07:1115:3116:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303239506069747265534435
Precip in3.42.83.74.03.33.93.03.63.84.53.74.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norwood MEM AP, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29818825

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