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South Pleasant Street Conservation Area

South Pleasant Street Conservation Area from directly overhead

South Pleasant Street Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 21 m. Turkey Hill stands 75 m to the west-southwest, 6.5 miles off. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 13 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
2017-01-11
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Hingham Conservation Commission
Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.20688, -70.88012

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Liberty Pole Hill: 0.5 mi
  • Great Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Zion Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Mullein Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 1.5 mi
Historic sites
  • prs 2011 sun dial: 1.2 mi
  • More-Brewer Stone: 1.6 mi
  • Korean War Memorial: 2.4 mi
  • Soldier and Sailor Sons of Weymouth Memorial: 3.1 mi
  • Weymouth War Memorial: 3.2 mi
Parks
  • Cassidy Field: 1.3 mi
  • Veterans' Memorial Park: 1.8 mi
  • Town Common: 1.8 mi
  • More-Brewer Park: 1.8 mi
  • Burns Memorial Park: 2.0 mi
Attractions
  • Herring Run: 2.5 mi
  • South Shore Model Railroad Club: 2.7 mi
  • House Rock: 3.4 mi
  • South Shore Natural Science Center: 3.6 mi
  • USS Salem: 5.3 mi
Museums
Beaches
Gardens
Artworks
Cliffs: 43
Picnic sites: 21
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Area: 4.3 mi
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Table Area: 4.3 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 8.1 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 12.6 mi
  • Oak Lea: 12.7 mi
Lighthouses: 8
Rest areas: 6
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 7.9 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 8.0 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 14.3 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 14.4 mi
  • Massachusetts Tourist Information Center: 21.8 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 6.3 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 19.3 mi
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 9.6 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 19.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.7 miles of South Pleasant Street Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Turkey HillWSW 241°75 m6.5 mi
Pine HillW 281°74 m7.7 mi
Prospect HillSE 129°72 m1.5 mi
Judges HillESE 109°71 m3.2 mi
Mount BlueESE 116°66 m3.0 mi
Black Pond HillESE 115°64 m4.2 mi
Penns HillWNW 289°61 m6.2 mi
Otis HillSE 124°58 m3.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0819:4120:24
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:1015:3016:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303238485867737265544435
Precip in4.54.05.44.63.84.03.63.83.95.24.45.1

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/761589081

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