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Stony Brook Wildlife Sanctuary

Stony Brook Wildlife Sanctuary from directly overhead

Stony Brook Wildlife Sanctuary is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 57 m. Moose Hill stands 163 m to the east-northeast, 5.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Bristol Corner, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 2.6 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Mass Audubon
Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.10782, -71.31753

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • William Herbert Sweatt Memorial Plaque: 2.9 mi
  • Morseville: 3.5 mi
  • Birthplace of Horace Mann: 3.9 mi
  • Fire Fighters Memorial: 4.1 mi
  • Historic and Cultural Resources: 4.4 mi
Parks
  • Sweatt Park: 2.9 mi
  • Lake Pearl Park: 3.3 mi
  • DelCarte Reservation: 3.4 mi
  • Pleasant Street Park: 3.4 mi
  • Village Street Conservation Area: 3.9 mi
Artworks
  • Tom Brady: 2.9 mi
  • Zullo Gallery: 5.5 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 7.2 mi
  • Deborah Sampson: 7.3 mi
  • TOOTHY!!!: 10.1 mi
Museums
Peaks
Attractions
  • 2: 3.8 mi
  • 1: 3.8 mi
  • 13: 3.9 mi
  • 14: 3.9 mi
  • 15: 3.9 mi
Gardens
Beaches: 57
  • Sweatt Beach: 3.4 mi
  • Turner Pond Beach: 4.0 mi
  • Chilson Beach: 5.4 mi
  • Stoddard Park: 7.7 mi
  • Whiting's Pond Beach: 7.9 mi
Cliffs: 41
  • King Philip Cave: 7.2 mi
  • King Philip Rock: 7.2 mi
  • The Wall: 10.2 mi
  • Condo Rock: 10.5 mi
  • Breakneck Ledge: 13.5 mi
Picnic sites: 39
  • 36: 7.3 mi
  • 35: 7.4 mi
  • 1: 7.4 mi
  • 16-34: 7.4 mi
  • 15: 7.4 mi
Rest areas: 9
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 7.1 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 7.4 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 11.1 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 13.3 mi
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 13.3 mi
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 14.6 mi
  • Roger Williams Spring: 19.7 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 17.4 mi
  • Cascade Brook Falls: 20.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of Stony Brook Wildlife Sanctuary. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Moose HillENE 78°163 m5.4 mi
Bald HillWSW 239°145 m8.0 mi
Diamond HillSSW 213°144 m8.9 mi
Bluff HillE 86°138 m5.2 mi
Oak HillSW 234°138 m8.3 mi
Bucks HillSW 221°137 m6.8 mi
Snow HillN 10°137 m8.2 mi
Cedar HillNNE 16°134 m7.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:1019:4320:25
September equinox06:3318:0818:44
December solstice07:1115:3216:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038495968737264534334
Precip in3.93.44.84.43.64.23.64.03.75.04.15.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Walpole 2, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29859010

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