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Shepard Pond Conserv. Area

Shepard Pond Conserv. Area from directly overhead

Shepard Pond Conserv. Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 42 m. Great Blue Hill stands 193 m to the north-northeast, 5.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Conservation Land Off Highland, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 3.5 miles off.

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What to expect

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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.14344, -71.15086

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Paul Revere Heritage Site: 0.8 mi
  • Cabot Devoll Field: 1.2 mi
  • Paul X. Walsh Memorial Park: 1.4 mi
  • Federick H. Pye Memorial Park: 1.6 mi
  • P.C. Frederick J. Conley Memorial Field: 1.7 mi
Historic sites
  • Paul X. Walsh Memorial Park: 1.4 mi
  • Federick H. Pye Memorial Park: 1.6 mi
  • Robert J. Buckley Square: 1.6 mi
  • Martin G. Cohenno Sr. Square: 1.8 mi
  • George F. Evens Memorial: 1.8 mi
Artworks
  • TOOTHY!!!: 1.6 mi
  • Deborah Sampson: 1.8 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 2.5 mi
  • EARLY HISTORY OF STOUGHTON MURAL: 2.8 mi
  • Welcome to Camp Christina: 3.6 mi
Museums
Gardens
Beaches
  • Fishermans Beach: 4.3 mi
  • Turner Pond Beach: 6.0 mi
  • South Beach: 7.6 mi
  • North Beach: 7.7 mi
  • Powissett Beach: 7.9 mi
Attractions
  • King Philip Rock: 4.8 mi
  • Path Continues: 5.2 mi
  • Ames Boulder: 5.7 mi
  • Pastoral Center: 7.4 mi
  • 2: 8.6 mi
Cliffs: 52
Picnic sites: 40
  • Oak Grove: 5.7 mi
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Table Area: 10.5 mi
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Area: 10.5 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 11.3 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 11.5 mi
Rest areas: 8
  • Westwood Rest Area: 5.1 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 11.4 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 12.1 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 15.4 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 19.0 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 6.2 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 20.3 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 8.6 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 21.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.3 miles of Shepard Pond Conserv. Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great Blue HillNNE 22°193 m5.1 mi
Moose HillWSW 247°163 m3.5 mi
Chickatawbut HillNE 40°156 m7.1 mi
Hancock HillNNE 29°155 m5.9 mi
Buck HillNE 38°151 m6.3 mi
Fenno PeakNE 41°151 m7.2 mi
Nahanton HillNE 41°145 m7.4 mi
Hemenway HillNNE 27°140 m5.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:0919:4220:25
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/29818409

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