Slocums River Reserve
Slocums River Reserve is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of -2 m. Copicut Hill stands 109 m to the north-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is New Bedford Garden Club Reserve, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Paradise Ave and Other Roads passes 12 miles off.
The Slocum’s River Reserve, which protects more than 3,000 feet of frontage along the Slocum’s River, includes mature woodlands, agricultural fields, and pastures that slope down to the western bank of the Slocum’s River. The Reserve has 2 miles of walkin
What the record says
- Built
- 1999
What to expect
- Operated by
- Dartmouth Natural Resource Trust
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 12.2 mi off the Paradise Ave and Other Roads
- 13.5 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 15.0 mi off the Route 114 and High Street
- 24.9 mi off the Veteran's Memorial Parkway
Overlooks nearby
- Gaspee Point Overlook · 24 mi
- Prospect Terrace Viewpoint · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- New Bedford Garden Club Reserve: 0.4 mi
- Wadsworth Reserve: 0.5 mi
- Peleg"S Island: 0.6 mi
- Dartmoor Farm Wildlife Management Area: 0.8 mi
- Dartmoor Farm Wildlife Management Area: 0.9 mi
- Barn Foundation: 1.6 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 4.4 mi
- Battery Milliken: 5.9 mi
- Battery Barton: 5.9 mi
- Battery Craig: 6.0 mi
- Doll Museum: 1.7 mi
- Horeseneck Point Lifesaving Station: 4.1 mi
- Fort Taber-Fort Rodman military Museum: 6.1 mi
- New Bedford Fire Museum: 6.7 mi
- New Bedford Art Museum: 7.1 mi
- Pinnacle Rock: 1.7 mi
- Round Hill: 4.0 mi
- Sherman Hill: 4.6 mi
- Nootas Hill: 6.1 mi
- Nootas Hill: 6.3 mi
- Mothas Park: 2.6 mi
- New Bedford Park: 2.9 mi
- Apponagansett Point Recreation Area: 3.5 mi
- Adult Softball Field: 3.6 mi
- Horseneck Beach State Reservation: 3.7 mi
- Little Beach: 2.7 mi
- Round Hill Beach: 3.2 mi
- Round Hill Beach: 3.5 mi
- Round Hill Beach: 3.7 mi
- East Horseneck Beach: 3.7 mi
- Bumber Boats: 6.4 mi
- Seamen's Bethel: 7.2 mi
- New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park Visitor Center: 7.2 mi
- Rodman Candleworks: 7.3 mi
- Buzzards Bay Coalition: 7.3 mi
- South Bluff: 13.4 mi
- The Bluff: 14.4 mi
- South Bluff: 14.5 mi
- Ferry Cliff: 14.7 mi
- Marys Seat: 15.8 mi
- Spinwinder: 5.6 mi
- Commonwealth Park "Green Monstah" Mural: 13.9 mi
- Statue of Roger Williams: 14.8 mi
- Marjorie Stoneman Douglas Ecological Pier: 16.0 mi
- John Muir Ecological Pier: 16.0 mi
- Helfand Farm Community Gardens: 4.4 mi
- Woodcart Garden: 6.6 mi
- Rotch- Jones-Duff House & Garden Museum: 6.8 mi
- Ecological Oasis: 9.2 mi
- Burchard Triangle: 9.8 mi
- Clark's Point Light: 6.1 mi
- Nobska Point Light: 18.3 mi
- Keeper's House: 21.5 mi
- West Chop Light: 21.5 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 21.6 mi
- Crystal Spring: 12.8 mi
- Plum Point Spring: 21.4 mi
- Elizabeth Spring: 24.3 mi
- The Falls: 22.7 mi
- East Greenwich Falls: 24.5 mi
- Payne's Pond Falls: 24.8 mi
- Rest Area I-195 (East Bound): 19.0 mi
- Rest Area I-195 (West Bound): 19.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.8 miles of Slocums River Reserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copicut Hill | NNW 347° | 109 m | 12.1 mi |
| Pocasset Hill | NW 306° | 95 m | 11.9 mi |
| Slate Hill | W 267° | 87 m | 13.5 mi |
| Cook Hill | NW 309° | 85 m | 12.1 mi |
| Prospect Hill | SE 134° | 78 m | 18.5 mi |
| Townsend Hill | NW 313° | 77 m | 12.5 mi |
| Townsend Hill | NW 313° | 77 m | 12.5 mi |
| Turkey Hill | WNW 283° | 69 m | 13.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:48 | 18:20 | 18:56 |
| June solstice | 05:11 | 19:40 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:07 | 18:43 |
| December solstice | 07:08 | 15:33 | 16:18 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 31 | 38 | 48 | 59 | 69 | 76 | 74 | 67 | 56 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 4.1 | 5.3 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 5.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Bedford Coop, 6 mi away.
- American holly38 obs
- sassafras35 obs
- Eastern Chipmunk27 obs
- Ghost Pipe26 obs
- Sweet Pepperbush24 obs
- Monarch23 obs
- common milkweed22 obs
- Bull Thistle19 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/29884014
Day trips start here
- Dartmouth · 5 mi
- Westport · 7 mi
- New Bedford · 8 mi
- Little Compton · 9 mi
- SouthCoast · 10 mi
- Mattapoisett · 12 mi
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