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Steinmetz Wildlife Reserve

Steinmetz Wildlife Reserve from directly overhead

Steinmetz Wildlife Reserve is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 6 m. Prospect Hill stands 72 m to the south-southwest, 5.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Scott's Shore, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 14 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Cohasset Conservation Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.25714, -70.80909

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Beaches
Parks
  • Wheelwright Park: 0.8 mi
  • John Paul Lyon Square: 0.8 mi
  • Herman E. Daley Square: 0.9 mi
  • Cohasset Town Common: 0.9 mi
  • Freedom Field: 1.0 mi
Museums
Peaks
  • Green Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Deer Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Kent Rocks: 1.5 mi
  • Bear Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Beacon Rock: 1.7 mi
Gardens
Historic sites
Artworks
Attractions
  • South Shore Model Railroad Club: 5.5 mi
  • Mann Farmhouse: 6.2 mi
  • Herring Run: 6.8 mi
  • South Shore Natural Science Center: 6.8 mi
  • House Rock: 7.6 mi
Cliffs: 46
Picnic sites: 21
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Area: 9.3 mi
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Table Area: 9.3 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 10.4 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 14.6 mi
  • Pine Knoll: 14.7 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 5
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 9.7 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 9.7 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 15.2 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 18.1 mi
  • Massachusetts Tourist Information Center: 23.4 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 10.6 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 18.8 mi
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 13.6 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 19.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.6 miles of Steinmetz Wildlife Reserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Prospect HillSSW 209°72 m5.1 mi
Judges HillS 188°71 m4.6 mi
Mount BlueS 191°66 m4.9 mi
Black Pond HillS 178°64 m5.3 mi
Penns HillW 261°61 m9.6 mi
Otis HillS 188°58 m5.5 mi
Paradise HillS 182°58 m6.5 mi
Marshfield HillsSSE 163°58 m8.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0819:4120:24
September equinox06:3118:0518:42
December solstice07:1015:2916:15

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, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1478704663

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