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Rockland Street Conservation Area

Rockland Street Conservation Area from directly overhead

Rockland Street Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 61 m. Great Blue Hill stands 193 m to the north-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Baron Estates Conservation Restriction, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 6.2 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1982-11-05
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Easton Conservation Commission
Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.04815, -71.16171

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Ames Boulder: 0.9 mi
  • King Philip Rock: 2.3 mi
  • Old Shed: 4.6 mi
  • Old Shed: 4.6 mi
  • Path Continues: 5.4 mi
Parks
  • Edwin A. Keach Park: 1.0 mi
  • New Pond Dam: 2.1 mi
  • Mansfield Memorial Park: 2.7 mi
  • Blackbrook Nature Reserve: 2.7 mi
  • Blackbrook Nature Reserve: 2.7 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
Artworks
  • Oliver Ames: 3.3 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 4.5 mi
  • Deborah Sampson: 5.4 mi
  • TOOTHY!!!: 6.1 mi
  • Tom Brady: 6.1 mi
Museums
Gardens
Beaches
  • Turner Pond Beach: 9.0 mi
  • Whiting's Pond Beach: 9.7 mi
  • Sweatt Beach: 10.1 mi
  • Barbara Road Beach: 10.1 mi
  • Fishermans Beach: 10.3 mi
Cliffs: 46
  • King Philip Cave: 2.1 mi
  • King Philip Rock: 2.3 mi
  • Breakneck Ledge: 12.2 mi
  • The Shield: 14.2 mi
  • S Wall: 15.0 mi
Picnic sites: 39
  • Oak Grove: 1.0 mi
  • 12: 8.5 mi
  • 11: 8.5 mi
  • 13: 8.5 mi
  • 10: 8.5 mi
Rest areas: 11
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 6.6 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 7.3 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 11.7 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 16.3 mi
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 16.4 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 12.1 mi
  • Roger Williams Spring: 19.7 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 13.3 mi
  • Cascade Brook Falls: 23.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.5 miles of Rockland Street Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great Blue HillNNE 12°193 m11.6 mi
Moose HillNNW 333°163 m5.9 mi
Hancock HillNNE 16°155 m12.2 mi
Buck HillNNE 21°151 m12.3 mi
Hemenway HillNNE 15°140 m12.1 mi
Bluff HillNNW 328°138 m5.3 mi
Bucks HillW 265°137 m12.5 mi
Tucker HillNNE 19°133 m12.0 mi
Conditions

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 solstice07:1015:3216:17

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, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29898495

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