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Samoset Lane Cedar Swamp Brook

Samoset Lane Cedar Swamp Brook from directly overhead

Samoset Lane Cedar Swamp Brook is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 73 m. Great Blue Hill stands 193 m to the north-northeast, 9.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Mass Audubon Society, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 2.6 miles off.

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What to expect

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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.09232, -71.21022

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Gavin's Pond Soccer Complex: 0.5 mi
  • Deborah Sampson Park: 1.8 mi
  • Frank I. Sullivan Recreational Area: 1.8 mi
  • Moose Hill Wildlife Sanctuary: 2.1 mi
  • Beech Tree Park: 2.2 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Ruined Vehicle: 1.2 mi
  • Ruined Vehicle: 1.2 mi
  • Collapsed house: 1.5 mi
  • Old Well: 1.6 mi
  • Old Chimney: 1.7 mi
Attractions
  • King Philip Rock: 1.8 mi
  • Ames Boulder: 3.3 mi
  • 2: 7.3 mi
  • 1: 7.4 mi
  • 13: 7.7 mi
Artworks
  • Japanese Garden: 2.2 mi
  • Tom Brady: 2.8 mi
  • Deborah Sampson: 2.8 mi
  • TOOTHY!!!: 5.2 mi
  • Oliver Ames: 5.6 mi
Museums
Beaches
  • Turner Pond Beach: 5.0 mi
  • Sweatt Beach: 7.7 mi
  • Fishermans Beach: 8.9 mi
  • Whiting's Pond Beach: 9.3 mi
  • South Beach: 9.8 mi
Gardens
Cliffs: 46
  • King Philip Rock: 1.8 mi
  • King Philip Cave: 1.8 mi
  • Breakneck Ledge: 10.4 mi
  • The Shield: 13.0 mi
  • S Wall: 13.8 mi
Picnic sites: 39
  • Oak Grove: 3.2 mi
  • 35: 8.3 mi
  • 36: 8.3 mi
  • 15: 8.3 mi
  • 16-34: 8.3 mi
Rest areas: 11
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 6.7 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 7.4 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 9.1 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 16.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 16.0 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 3
  • Pakomet Spring: 10.9 mi
  • Roger Williams Spring: 20.8 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 24.3 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 13.0 mi
  • Cascade Brook Falls: 23.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.5 miles of Samoset Lane Cedar Swamp Brook. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great Blue HillNNE 31°193 m9.6 mi
Moose HillN 355°163 m2.2 mi
Hancock HillNE 34°155 m10.5 mi
Hemenway HillNNE 33°140 m10.3 mi
Bluff HillNNW 348°138 m1.5 mi
Snow HillNNW 336°137 m10.0 mi
Cedar HillNNW 338°134 m9.1 mi
Tucker HillNE 37°133 m10.5 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 solstice07:1115:3216:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038495968737264534334
Precip in3.93.44.84.43.64.23.64.03.75.04.15.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Walpole 2, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29863132

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