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Silk Mill Pond Conservation Area

Silk Mill Pond Conservation Area from directly overhead

Silk Mill Pond Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 33 m. Great Blue Hill stands 193 m to the north-northeast, 4.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Bailey Court Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 3.6 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Canton Conservation Commission
Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.14589, -71.14780

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Paul Revere Heritage Site: 0.7 mi
  • Cabot Devoll Field: 1.0 mi
  • Paul X. Walsh Memorial Park: 1.4 mi
  • Federick H. Pye Memorial Park: 1.6 mi
  • P.C. Frederick J. Conley Memorial Field: 1.6 mi
Peaks
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: 2.1 mi
  • EARLY HISTORY OF STOUGHTON MURAL: 2.7 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Welcome to Camp Christina: 3.5 mi
Museums
Gardens
Beaches
  • Fishermans Beach: 4.0 mi
  • Turner Pond Beach: 6.1 mi
  • South Beach: 7.6 mi
  • North Beach: 7.7 mi
  • Powissett Beach: 7.9 mi
Attractions
  • Path Continues: 5.0 mi
  • King Philip Rock: 5.1 mi
  • Ames Boulder: 5.9 mi
  • Pastoral Center: 7.2 mi
  • 2: 8.7 mi
Cliffs: 52
Picnic sites: 40
  • Oak Grove: 5.9 mi
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Table Area: 10.3 mi
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Area: 10.3 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 11.1 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 11.3 mi
Rest areas: 8
  • Westwood Rest Area: 5.0 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 11.6 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 12.3 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 15.2 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 18.9 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 6.0 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 20.2 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 8.3 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 21.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.2 miles of Silk Mill Pond Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great Blue HillNNE 21°193 m4.9 mi
Moose HillWSW 246°163 m3.7 mi
Chickatawbut HillNE 40°156 m6.9 mi
Hancock HillNNE 28°155 m5.7 mi
Buck HillNE 38°151 m6.0 mi
Fenno PeakNE 41°151 m6.9 mi
Nahanton HillNE 41°145 m7.2 mi
Hemenway HillNNE 26°140 m5.5 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, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29870893

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