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So. Meadow Great Cedar Swamp

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So. Meadow Great Cedar Swamp from directly overhead

So. Meadow Great Cedar Swamp is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 28 m. Manomet Hill stands 114 m to the east-northeast, 8.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Savery Historic District, a park 0.6 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 15 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates41.87310, -70.74770

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Savery Historic District: 0.6 mi
  • King Property: 1.4 mi
  • Shurtleff Park: 1.5 mi
  • Johns Pond Beach: 2.9 mi
  • Purchase Street: 3.2 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Federal Hill: 2.6 mi
  • Pinnacle Hill: 4.3 mi
  • Flagg Hill: 5.4 mi
  • Mount Carmel: 5.6 mi
  • Sparrow Hill: 5.9 mi
Beaches
Museums: 53
Attractions: 37
Gardens: 30
  • Donald Marvin Daylily Garden: 15.1 mi
  • Hart Family Maze Garden: 15.1 mi
  • The McGraw Family Garden of the Senses: 15.1 mi
  • Herb Garden: 15.1 mi
  • Cape Cod Hydrangea Society Display Garden: 15.1 mi
Artworks: 22
Cliffs: 16
Rest areas: 6
  • Massachusetts Tourist Information Center: 6.2 mi
  • Rest Area SR-25 Welcome Center: 9.5 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 17.0 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 17.0 mi
  • truck pull-off: 20.8 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Herring Run Recreational Area: 11.8 mi
  • Bourne Recreation Area: 12.0 mi
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Table Area: 23.1 mi
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Area: 23.1 mi
Lighthouses: 3
Springs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.5 miles of So. Meadow Great Cedar Swamp. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Manomet HillENE 65°114 m8.9 mi
Pine HillsENE 62°95 m9.3 mi
Monks HillNNE 12°83 m6.2 mi
Flatrock HillSE 127°82 m13.5 mi
Flagg HillENE 76°64 m5.4 mi
Tinkham HillW 259°64 m12.2 mi
Pinnacle HillNE 56°62 m4.3 mi
Sparrow HillNNE 29°61 m5.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4718:1818:55
June solstice05:0919:4020:22
September equinox06:3118:0518:42
December solstice07:0815:3116:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293137465666727163524335
Precip in3.83.04.94.43.53.83.33.53.84.84.54.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Plymouth Muni AP, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29694346

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