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Tanglewood Estates Conservation Area

Tanglewood Estates Conservation Area from directly overhead

Tanglewood Estates Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 30 m. Great Blue Hill stands 193 m to the north, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Hockomock Swamp Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 9.8 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Easton Conservation Commission
Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.01515, -71.10730

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Wheaton Farm Walking Trails: 0.9 mi
  • Blackbrook Nature Reserve: 1.0 mi
  • Blackbrook Nature Reserve: 1.0 mi
  • Blackbrook Nature Reserve: 1.0 mi
  • Blackbrook Nature Reserve: 1.1 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Old Shed: 2.1 mi
  • Old Shed: 2.1 mi
  • Path Continues: 3.8 mi
  • Ames Boulder: 4.3 mi
  • To L.A. Foster Wildlife Refuge: 5.4 mi
Peaks
Museums
Artworks
  • Oliver Ames: 3.7 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 7.6 mi
  • EARLY HISTORY OF STOUGHTON MURAL: 7.6 mi
  • TOOTHY!!!: 8.1 mi
  • Welcome to Camp Christina: 8.1 mi
Gardens
Beaches
  • Barbara Road Beach: 11.7 mi
  • Whiting's Pond Beach: 11.8 mi
  • Fishermans Beach: 12.0 mi
  • Turner Pond Beach: 12.5 mi
  • Sweatt Beach: 13.3 mi
Cliffs: 47
Picnic sites: 26
  • Oak Grove: 4.4 mi
  • 12: 10.6 mi
  • 11: 10.6 mi
  • 8: 10.6 mi
  • 10: 10.6 mi
Rest areas: 12
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 8.9 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 9.4 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 14.2 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 18.1 mi
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 18.1 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 13.5 mi
  • Roger Williams Spring: 20.1 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Rock Falls: 13.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.6 miles of Tanglewood Estates Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great Blue HillN 359°193 m13.6 mi
Moose HillNW 324°163 m9.3 mi
Bluff HillNW 321°138 m8.8 mi
High RockWNW 289°127 m9.7 mi
Pinnacle HillWNW 285°126 m11.2 mi
Red Brush HillW 275°124 m13.6 mi
Rattlesnake HillNNW 341°122 m5.5 mi
Bald HillW 279°121 m13.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:1019:4220:24
September equinox06:3218:0718:44
December solstice07:1015:3116:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272936475766727163514233
Precip in4.43.85.44.73.64.33.53.84.15.14.55.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norton W, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/871970156

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