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Taunton River Wildlife Management Area

Taunton River Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Taunton River Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 7 m. Rattlesnake Hill stands 122 m to the northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Bridgewater Correctional Complex, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 20 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1998
Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.93403, -70.94241

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • White Oak Island: 1.7 mi
  • Nemasket Hill: 2.9 mi
  • Holmes Knoll: 3.7 mi
  • Barden Hills: 4.1 mi
  • Le Baron Hill: 5.0 mi
Parks
  • Titicut Parish Green: 2.0 mi
  • Oliver Mill Park: 2.4 mi
  • Cons Land-Oliver Mill Park: 2.5 mi
  • Flagg Street Soccer Field: 2.5 mi
  • Rainbow's End Playground and Park: 2.6 mi
Historic sites
  • Milo monument: 3.1 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial: 6.0 mi
  • Anchor Monument: 6.3 mi
  • West Bridgewater Civil War Monument: 6.7 mi
  • Plymouth County Hospital: 8.5 mi
Museums
Beaches
Attractions: 53
  • National Sailors Home Water Tower: 6.7 mi
  • Old Shed: 10.0 mi
  • Old Shed: 10.0 mi
  • Edaville: 10.6 mi
  • Path Continues: 10.9 mi
Artworks: 49
  • Pratt Memorial Statue: 1.9 mi
  • Myles Standish Legs: 7.5 mi
  • The Bell: 10.3 mi
  • Cupid's Kiss Statue: 10.4 mi
  • Oliver Ames: 12.5 mi
Gardens: 35
Cliffs: 28
Picnic sites: 24
Rest areas: 9
  • Massachusetts Tourist Information Center: 14.4 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 15.1 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 15.2 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 18.1 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 18.4 mi
Lighthouses: 3
Springs: 2
Waterfalls: 1
  • Rock Falls: 18.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.3 miles of Taunton River Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rattlesnake HillNW 317°122 m14.9 mi
Monks HillE 81°83 m11.5 mi
Great Meadow HillWSW 255°78 m14.6 mi
Tinkham HillSSW 196°64 m6.8 mi
Breakneck HillSSW 210°64 m11.7 mi
Locust HillN 356°62 m10.7 mi
Pinnacle HillE 97°62 m13.7 mi
Sparrow HillE 85°61 m12.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0919:4120:23
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:0915:3116:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272936465665716962524234
Precip in4.23.45.24.83.84.14.22.74.35.04.64.7

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29688937

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