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Rock Pond Brook Conservation Area

Rock Pond Brook Conservation Area from directly overhead

Rock Pond Brook Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 43 m. Whipple Hill stands 110 m to the south, 4.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Peach Orchard Hill, a peak 0.4 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 4.6 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.50524, -71.18068

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Nature reserves
Museums
Artworks
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Courtyard: 4.0 mi
  • Bedford Garden Club: 4.9 mi
  • The Kindness Rocks Project: 5.0 mi
  • Bedford Garden Club: 5.1 mi
  • Bedford Garden Club: 5.1 mi
Beaches
Attractions
  • Bowman Tavern: 5.3 mi
  • Pickerel Rock: 5.6 mi
  • Stone Chimney: 5.9 mi
  • RR Semaphore: 6.1 mi
  • Central Street Historical District: 6.2 mi
Cliffs: 46
Picnic sites: 23
  • Pinetops Picnic Area: 7.6 mi
  • Picnic Area: 8.2 mi
  • Picnic Site 1: 8.4 mi
  • Picnic Site 2: 8.7 mi
  • Picnic Site 3: 8.8 mi
Rest areas: 6
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 4
  • Quarry Spring: 6.1 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 12.8 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 21.3 mi
  • Rail Spring: 23.5 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Cascade Falls: 6.7 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 10.4 mi
  • Newbury Falls: 21.2 mi
  • Rock Falls: 23.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 5.9 miles of Rock Pond Brook Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Whipple HillS 182°110 m4.4 mi
Loring HillSSW 212°109 m5.4 mi
Granny HillSSW 209°108 m4.2 mi
Zion HillS 179°107 m3.5 mi
Turkey HillS 176°107 m5.0 mi
Mount PisgahS 169°105 m4.2 mi
Robinson HillSW 221°102 m4.7 mi
Mount IndependenceSSW 198°101 m5.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:0819:4320:26
September equinox06:3318:0718:44
December solstice07:1215:3016:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283037485867737264534334
Precip in3.93.64.94.33.84.24.03.53.94.84.05.0

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29830546

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