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Rockland Bay Open Space Reservation

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Rockland Bay Open Space Reservation from directly overhead

Rockland Bay Open Space Reservation is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 64 m. Great Blue Hill stands 193 m to the north, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Beaver Brook Management Area, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 7.2 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.05451, -71.13460

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Edwin A. Keach Park: 1.3 mi
  • Frothingham Memorial Park: 1.6 mi
  • Queset Gardens: 1.7 mi
  • Queset Gardens: 1.7 mi
  • Povoas Park: 1.7 mi
Attractions
  • Ames Boulder: 1.5 mi
  • King Philip Rock: 2.9 mi
  • Old Shed: 4.7 mi
  • Old Shed: 4.7 mi
  • Path Continues: 5.9 mi
Artworks
  • Oliver Ames: 1.8 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 4.5 mi
  • EARLY HISTORY OF STOUGHTON MURAL: 5.2 mi
  • TOOTHY!!!: 5.3 mi
  • Deborah Sampson: 5.4 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Peaks
Gardens
Beaches
  • Fishermans Beach: 9.5 mi
  • Turner Pond Beach: 9.5 mi
  • Whiting's Pond Beach: 11.1 mi
  • Sweatt Beach: 11.4 mi
  • Barbara Road Beach: 11.5 mi
Cliffs: 49
  • King Philip Rock: 2.9 mi
  • King Philip Cave: 2.9 mi
  • Breakneck Ledge: 11.5 mi
  • The Shield: 13.2 mi
  • S Wall: 14.0 mi
Picnic sites: 39
  • Oak Grove: 1.6 mi
  • 12: 9.9 mi
  • 11: 9.9 mi
  • 13: 9.9 mi
  • 10: 9.9 mi
Rest areas: 11
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 8.1 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 8.7 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 11.3 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 17.8 mi
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 17.8 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 11.2 mi
  • Roger Williams Spring: 21.0 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Rock Falls: 12.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.3 miles of Rockland Bay Open Space Reservation. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great Blue HillN 5°193 m10.9 mi
Moose HillNW 320°163 m6.3 mi
Chickatawbut HillNNE 18°156 m12.2 mi
Hancock HillN 10°155 m11.5 mi
Buck HillNNE 15°151 m11.5 mi
Fenno PeakNNE 18°151 m12.2 mi
Hemenway HillN 9°140 m11.4 mi
Bluff HillNW 314°138 m5.8 mi

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 solstice07:1015:3116:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272936475766727163514233
Precip in4.43.85.44.73.64.33.53.84.15.14.55.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norton W, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/875936746

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