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Stone Conservation Area

Stone Conservation Area from directly overhead

Stone Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 50 m. Snow Hill stands 137 m to the south, 0.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Russell Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 5.2 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Dover Land Conservation Trust
Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.23712, -71.28834

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Attractions
  • Foundation & Chimney: 1.8 mi
  • Martini Junction: 3.0 mi
  • Boston Marathon - Wellesley Scream Tunnel: 4.2 mi
  • Fairy Rock: 5.3 mi
  • 2: 5.3 mi
Beaches
  • Shapiro Beach: 2.1 mi
  • Powissett Beach: 2.2 mi
  • South Beach: 2.5 mi
  • North Beach: 2.7 mi
  • Morses Pond Beach: 4.3 mi
Parks
  • Walker-Gordon Field: 2.1 mi
  • Glen Street Park: 2.6 mi
  • Hunnewell Field Playground: 2.7 mi
  • Old Town Park: 2.7 mi
  • Charles River Dam: 2.8 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Trial Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Shade Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Weezie's Garden for Children: 2.8 mi
  • Bressingham Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Olmstead Italianate Garden: 2.8 mi
Museums
Artworks
Cliffs: 52
  • The Alcove: 8.3 mi
  • Pusherman Wall: 8.4 mi
  • Upper Cliff: 8.4 mi
  • Lower Cliff: 8.4 mi
  • Temple Overhangs: 8.4 mi
Picnic sites: 42
  • Picnic Site 9: 10.2 mi
  • Picnic Site 10: 10.2 mi
  • Picnic Site 11: 10.2 mi
  • Picnic Site 8: 10.3 mi
  • Picnic Site 12: 10.3 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Westwood Rest Area: 6.8 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 13.8 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 15.7 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 16.2 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 22.0 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 3
  • Pakomet Spring: 11.5 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 16.6 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 24.5 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 14.9 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 18.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.1 miles of Stone Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Snow HillS 180°137 m0.9 mi
Cedar HillSSE 158°134 m1.7 mi
Pegan HillNW 320°125 m1.3 mi
Brush HillWNW 282°121 m5.0 mi
Strawberry HillE 94°114 m1.7 mi
Powissett PeakESE 107°112 m1.8 mi
Oak HillSSW 194°111 m0.8 mi
Mine HillS 176°111 m1.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:1019:4320:26
September equinox06:3318:0718:44
December solstice07:1115:3116:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262836475766727062514132
Precip in3.43.13.94.13.84.13.93.84.24.83.74.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Natick, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29831085

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