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Sproul Land

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Sproul Land is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 14 m. Carolina Hill stands 77 m to the east-northeast, 5.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Luddams Ford, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 20 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.10262, -70.83508

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Museums
Parks
  • Briggs Field: 1.1 mi
  • Myrtle Street Playground: 1.3 mi
  • Magoun Park: 1.8 mi
  • Herring Run Historical Park: 2.3 mi
  • Ellis Playground: 2.4 mi
Peaks
  • Till Rock: 2.4 mi
  • Perry Hill: 2.7 mi
  • Roundtop: 2.8 mi
  • Wildcat Hill: 3.0 mi
  • Bald Hill: 3.1 mi
Attractions
  • Pembroke Herring Run: 2.6 mi
  • South Shore Natural Science Center: 4.1 mi
  • Mann Farmhouse: 7.8 mi
  • Herring Run: 9.0 mi
  • House Rock: 9.6 mi
Historic sites
  • Dedication to Park Donator: 3.4 mi
  • Plymouth County Hospital: 4.4 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 4.6 mi
  • Soldiers and Sailors Memorial: 5.3 mi
  • Ted Drysdale Memorial Bench: 5.3 mi
Artworks
Beaches
Cliffs: 39
Lighthouses: 8
Rest areas: 7
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 2.9 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 3.0 mi
  • Massachusetts Tourist Information Center: 14.5 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 18.4 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 21.5 mi
Picnic sites: 7
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Table Area: 7.6 mi
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Area: 7.6 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 14.8 mi
  • Oak Grove: 17.1 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 19.0 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Rock Falls: 10.9 mi
Springs: 1
  • Pakomet Spring: 14.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.2 miles of Sproul Land. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Carolina HillENE 74°77 m5.7 mi
Turkey HillWNW 297°75 m8.9 mi
Prospect HillN 350°72 m6.4 mi
Judges HillN 7°71 m6.2 mi
Mount BlueN 4°66 m5.9 mi
Black Pond HillNNE 15°64 m5.6 mi
Locust HillW 262°62 m6.4 mi
Telegraph HillE 83°61 m7.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0819:4120:23
September equinox06:3118:0618:43
December solstice07:0915:3016:15

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, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29688125

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